Buck-Bacchus Cable Chain
Cross-Banded Border
Cross Banded Border Egg and Dart
Floret Border Lamb's Tongue Border
Mock Flock Border Otis Federal Chain
Palmette Border Réveillon Border
Rose and Sprig Border Sawtooth and Guilloche
Sayre Arcade  Sayre Sawtooth
 
Festoon Border Franklin Border
Greek Key Border Hermitage Leaf Border
LeBaron Border
LeBaron Border Lilac Border
Orbes Directoire  Ribbon Border
Anthemion Frieze Egyptian Frieze
Franklin Frieze Garland and Tassel
Grapevine Frieze Lion Frieze
 
Virchaux Swan Frieze  
   


English circa 1800-1810

The motif for this border is drawn directly from classical ornamentation and is know in a number of variants from American, English, and French sources. The Historic New England archive contains a very similar border printed by Zecheriah Mills in Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1802-1807. Another border was discovered in Richmond, Virginia on a circa 1800 "tester" (canopy) bed attributed to Duncan Pfyffe. A third version was found in Marshgate House outside of London, England, and dates from about 1810. And a very similar motif has been found on a French dado paper from circa 1800.

width 11⁄16 inches