This narrow border was hung with a plain ground
paper in the 1768 Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
The "egg and dart" form was taken directly from classical sources,
where it is found decorating a variety of ancient structures. The
British Neo-Palladian style of the early-18th century adopted the Egg
and Dart as part of its standard vocabulary of architectural
ornamentation.
Narrow borders such as these were typically placed
on all margins of sidewall paper installations, used to wrap door and
window architraves, and to outline the vertical and horizontal margins
of wall surfaces.
This pattern is licensed to Adelphi Paper Hangings
by the Marblehead Museum & Historic Society.
Width 1¾ inches