Layout border images for ver 2 issue

[canibalstew]

for some reason my top bar is not showing here is the styles that are in my header page..

NOTE: this is default layout borders for version 2 mccodes.

 

.table2 {

}

.lgrad {
background-image:url(images/layout/lgrad.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:19px;
}

.linegrad {
background-image:url(images/layout/linegrad.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
background-align: center;
width:2px;
}

.rgrad {
background-image:url(images/layout/rgrad.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:19px;
}

.dgrad {
background-image:url(images/layout/dgrad.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
height:38px;
}

.dgradl {
background-image:url(images/layout/dgradl.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
height:38px;
width:38px;
}

.dgradr {
background-image:url(images/layout/dgradr.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
height:38px;
width:38px;
}
.table {
background-color:#000000;
}

.table3 {
background-color:#000000;
}

.table td {
background-color:#DEDEDE;
height:22px;
}

.table3 td {
background-color:#CCCCCC;
}

td .alt {
background-color:#EEEEEE;
height:22px;
}

td .h {
background-image:url(images/layout/tablehgrad.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #D6D6D6;
}

.table th {
background-image:url(images/layout/tablehgrad.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #D6D6D6;
}

This is the top part of my header which should show the bar

<center>

<table width="970" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="table2">

<tr>

<td class="lgrad"></td>

<td class="center">

[img=images/banners/bctitle.gif]

 

Can anyone help with why the top bar will not show