It is worth noting that Limongi and Cuevas were both building frames for Paris Sport at the same time. I suppose they might have influenced one another's styles. That said, fluted seatstay caps were very common, perhaps most associated with Italian frames, but produced by builders from many countries. Or in Cuevas' case a single builder from many countries, as he built frames on three different continents during his career.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Bid Spring, Texas, USA
> From: Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Fluted and semi-wrapping seat stays
\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 4:17 PM
\r?\n> In yesterday's discussion of a Cuevas
\r?\n> bike David White pointed to his
\r?\n> wooljersey gallery, and there his comment drew my attention
\r?\n> to, quote:
\r?\n> "the very sweet fluted seat stay caps that twist over the
\r?\n> top tube."
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Here's a very nice looking frame with a similar (to my eye)
\r?\n> seatstays
\r?\n> treatment (not mine, no relation to seller etc):
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://tinyurl.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --
\r?\n> Cheers,
\r?\n> Dmitry Yaitskov,
\r?\n> Toronto, Canada.