Chain Link Borders

Assorted sizes

Box 185

Double-groove chain link borders

three sizes of decorative chain and chain link themed borders, with annotations labeling the historically recorded names of the cuts

Border No. 244

The Hamilton Manufacturing Company
5–line

This was first shown in the Hamilton Manufacturing Company’s September 1891 Specimens of Wood Type and Borders.

Tubbs & Company also showed this ornament in its c. 1903 Tubbs Wood Type as No. 1458.

Border No. 185

The Hamilton Manufacturing Company
3–line

This was first shown in the Hamilton Manufacturing Company’s September 1891 Specimens of Wood Type and Borders.

Border No. 254

The William H. Page Wood Type Company
2–line

This was first shown in the William H. Page Wood Type Company’s Page’s Wood Type Album, vol. 1, no. 2 (July 1879). The design was renamed No. 268 after the completion of the company’s acquisition by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company.