Two Twisted Ribbons: 30°/120°
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Tightly Wound, No Openings
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Crown Heights North I 1894
Has 30°/60° peaks. This would have been harder to make. Ribbons are 1-3/8" wide. Field is fingerblock parquet with four strips of 2" × 8".
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Crown Heights 1906
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South Midwood c1910
In the ribbon, the oak strips are 11/16" wide and the mahogany is 1/2" wide. The repeat is 6". Surrounded by 1-1/4" oak. Inner field is 2" diagonal slats.
Gaps Between Ribbons: Ribbons Overlap: Simple
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Park Slope Historic District 1904
Mahogany bands are 1" wide. Border pattern is 5" wide. Surrounded by 1-3/8" oak, 1-1/8" oak, and 2" oak. Inner field is 2" diagonal slats.
Gaps Between Ribbons: Ribbons Overlap
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Midwood Park circa 1930
Oak and mahogany banding is 15/16" wide, giving a pattern border width of 5-5/8". Surrounded by 1-1/2" wide oak. Inner field is diagonal fingerblock with four 2" slats in an 8" square.
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Lefferts Manor 1910
Strips are 1" wide, giving a pattern width of 6". Inner field is 1-1/2" strips in 12" fingerblock laid straight.
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Bedford-Stuyvesant 1897
Strips are 1" wide, giving a pattern width of 6". Inner field is diagonal fingerblock in four strips of 2" × 8".
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Lefferts Manor 1897
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Crown Heights North 1897
Pattern width is 7" wide. Mahogany bands are 3/4" wide. Oak is 1-3/8" wide. It is surrounded by 1-1/2" rippled wood, 7/8" light mahogany, 1-3/4" oak, 7/8" mahogany, and 1-3/8" oak. There were no corner blocks. Inner field is herringbone fingerblock with 1" to 1-1/4" slats in about a 7-1/2" to 15" rectangle.
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Crown Heights South c1901
Pattern border is 5-7/16" wide. Mahogany and oak bands, and oak triangles height are all 29/32". Surrounded by 7/8" dark oak, 1" maple and 2" oak. Inner field is diagonal fingerblock with 2" slats in a 12" square.
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Northern Bedford-Stuyvesant Year?
This appeared in two rooms at this house. Each ribbon is 1-1/3" wide, giving the pattern border an 8" width. The inner ribbon is 3/8" walnut and 1/2" mahogany. Surrounding strips are 3/4" oak and 1/2" maple. Inner field is 2-1/4" planks in 11-1/4" square fingerblock laid diagonally.
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Park Slope North 1889