Since Andrews was the only composition maker in Washington during the early 19th century, he also made ornaments for a large number of other houses in the region.  One of the best preserved of these houses is Arlington House, a home built by George Washington Park Custis and later owned by General Robert E. Lee.  After a survey of composition ornaments in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia was made, a small, oval ornament was found on a chimneypiece in Arlington House that would fit the narrow band found on the Drawing Room’s chair rail.  While the oval ornament found at Arlington House was not round like a "paten", it was still selected over round ornament because the chair rail's band was found to be too narrow to fit the 150 round ornaments specified by Dinsmore.