Two Twisted Ribbons: 90°: Gaps

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Ribbons Intersect

159 Floor border: P159 Ditmas Park 1903
293 Floor border: P293 West Midwood circa 1910
279 Floor border: P279 West Midwood circa 1910
76 Floor border: P076 West Midwood 1905
65 Floor border: P065 Ditmas Park 1904
Bands are 1-3/4" wide. Inner field is diagonal slats 1-3/4" wide.
151 Floor border: P151 West Midwood 1908-11
Ribbons are 1-3/4" wide. Inner field is 2" slats laid diagonally.
52 Floor border: P052 Crown Heights North I 1894
This is the same as #21 with 1-3/4" for width of strip.
21 Floor border: P021 Lefferts Manor 1909
157 Floor border: P157 Crown Heights North Historic District II 1909

Ribbons Intersect: Bands of Different Woods

307 Floor border: P307 Ditmas Park West c1899
Unusual in that each band is a different wood. Bands are 1-3/4" wide. Border pattern is 7-3/8" wide. Surrounded by 7/8" oak and 1/2" mahogany. Inner field is 2" diagonal slats.

Ribbons Overlap

Piece sizes to build all borders in this section can be calculated in the spreadsheet: 2-Ribbons-90-Gaps-Overlap.xls


190 Floor border: P190 Stuyvesant Heights Historic District 1892
Pattern border is 7-1/2" wide. Surrounding is 1-5/8" oak, 1-3/8" mahogany and 2" oak. Inner field is 8" diagonal fingerblock with four fingers.
304 Floor border: P304 Fiske Terrace: Midwood Park Historic District c1906-1910
Bands are 1-1/2" wide. Inner square is 2" wide. Border pattern is 7-1/16" wide. Surrounded with 1" oak, 1/2" mahogany, 1" oak. Then 1-3/8" mahogany and 2" oak. Inner field is 2" slats in 12" fingerblock.
211 Floor border: P211 Fiske Terrace 1905
Pattern border is 7-1/2" wide. Maple square is 2-5/8". Mahogany ribbons are 1-3/8". Surrounding is 1" oak, 1/4" mahogany, 1" oak, 1-3/8" mahogany. Inner field is 2" slats laid straight.
97 Floor border: P097 Bedford-Stuyvesant 1897
The ribbon has a strip width of 1", giving the border pattern a width of 4-1/4". It is surrounded by feature strips of 1" oak, 1" mahogany, and 2" oak. Inner field is diagonal fingerblock in four strips of 2" × 8".
15 Floor border: P015 From Parquet Floors and Borders, 1895
See in archive.org. I like the border continuing around the corner and there not being a corner block. A miter in the right place puts them together. I changed the feature strips from the picture to ribbons matching the inner twisted ribbons. The usual way. I made various measured drawings. See 2-Ribbons-Gaps-Overlap spreadsheet.

Ribbons Overlap: Bands of Different Woods

Piece sizes to build all borders in this section can be calculated in the spreadsheet: 2-Ribbons-90-Gaps-Overlap.xls


87 Floor border: P087 Prospect Heights Historic District 1901
This is a more practical variant of the one below from the catalog with a triple-stripe band. You have mahogany and quarter-sawn oak ribbons on a maple background. 2-Ribbons-Gaps-Overlap spreadsheet will get the piece sizes, but not the quantity by wood type. Ribbon width is 1". Inner square is 3/4". Giving a 4" wide pattern with 1" wide oak strips along each side. A perfect size for a hall. One of my favorites. Inner field is fingerblock parquet with 1-1/2" wide slats in a 9" square.
282 Floor border: P282 Ditmas Park Historic District 1901
319 Floor border: P319 Park Slope Historic District I 1901
Bands and inner square are 1-1/4" wide, giving a pattern width of 5.3". Surrounded by 1-1/2" oak. Inner field is 2" strips in 12" fingerblock.
309 Floor border: P309 South Midwood c1910
Bands are 1-1/2" wide. Inner squares are 1-1/4" wide. Border pattern is 6" wide. Surrounded by strips of 2" oak and 1" mahogany. Inner field is 2" diagonal slats.
312 Floor border: P312 Park Slope Historic District 1904
Bands are 1-5/8" wide. Center square is 1-3/16" wide. Border pattern is 7" wide. Surrounded by 1" oak and 1/2" mahogany. Inner field is 2" wide slats in 8" diagonal fingerblock.

Alternating Overlap: Barbed Wire

251 Floor border: P251 Park Slope circa 1899
This one alternates between tight twist and an open one. The two ribbons are mahogany and maple. An unknown wood fills in the sides and behind.

Embellished

141 Floor border: P141 Prospect Lefferts Gardens 1915
Inner squares are 1-5/8". Band width is 7/8". Inner field is 1" strips in 12" fingerblock.