Carte de Visite (CDV): Dating Mount Borders--Mixed Thin and Thick Lines


Figure 1.-- This 1869 CDV of Lizzie Parsons was taken at the studio of H.S. Mather in Cazenovia, New York. Note the mixed thick and thin lines. Put your cursor on the image to see the back.

We note a large number of CDVs with borders composed of both thick and thin line rules. Normally this was the thick line outside and the thin line inside. We note these CDVs in both Europe and America. They were done in various colors. We're not sure yet about the dateing, but we notice American CDVs with these mixed line rules in the 1860s. These CDVs were done both with and without front prining. We note an American CDV with twin grey rules, a thick and thin line in 1865 (figure 1). This one did not have printing identifying the studio on the front. We notice another American example, Lizzie Parsons, in 1869.







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