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Some cabinet cards were dome with gilded borders and edges. We are not sure to what extent the cards with gilded borders also had gilded edges. This is not readily apparent in the images we have collected. You need the actual card to be sure. We do not have many examples of this, especially dated examples. An American cabinet card assessment dates gilt borders to 1878-86. Another American source suggests red or gold rules, single and double lines (1866-80 ), wide gold borders (1884-85), and gold beveled edges (1885-92). We are not sure how accuate this was or to what extent it these dating estmates apply to England. What we have found so far is that were differences. We note a cabinet card of the Bampfield children in 1895 with the wide gilt border.
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