San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-20
Tho Decorative Use Of Pictures.

Cheap looEi.~ contrivances for decoration
are always q mistake, generally u failure;
but there Is q wide distinction to be made be-
tween such, and those effects produced with
out mrch expense. A poor chrome or coarse
engraving is always in bad taste, while good
picture cut from fine illustrated paper and
suitably Framed is artistic and satisfactory.
The art of reproducing and engraving hos
| now reached such :, point that almost
every good weekly aud magazine offers the
means Of admirable wall decoration, or the
MAILING OF scrse:sS O. stocking portfolio
| For the first uae4lt5O-.<-- IN original and ar
tistic method is the following:
| Select interesting and we'll engraved Illus
| t11ltions, il LnSsiblc series-for instance,
Abbcy's ''She Stops to Conquer Buy and
have cut at q wholesale house cardboards Of
| q uniform size and on the center of each Of
! thee paste carefully three or five Of the
pictures closely cut to the margin), and
frame them with a very narrow band Of oak
| o. cherry NoH' grange these along one or
ty7e s!(les of Q room devoted to reading or
| "IouaCinCr purj,oo>a. - there are low boo
silc.vej, let item run along the top, or they
may be placed with picturesque irregularity
| above the chimney piece, a narrow high
frame enclosing three or four such cuts at
the side, and long narrow frame across tho
center Text applying tosuch series might
| be prettily bound in soft covers and hung by
| O. ribbon on the wall, so that the pictures
| have en- additional interest when studied as
| illustrations" Care must be taken, how
ever, not to mingle inhormonious decorations
of otGer kinds with such fixtures Few but
the simplest water oolors look we'll with
them, but peacock feathers. dried grasses,
great sprays cf bitter sweet and clematis,
are effective against or back Of the dainty
works Of art and self toned framework.
Another novel way Of preserving first
class illustrations from weekly pape,s Is to
cut them out close to the edge and thaa paste
them smoothly on all artists StrCschsT, such
as can be purchased for from forty cents to
81, the cheaper paper looking the best,
while the engraving or ont Sooa takes on q
mellow tone very artistic In Its effects. The
wooden framework q the StrstohST ssrv0s as
q catch, 90 that these wall decorations can
be easily hung on nail without any hook.
A charming portfolio can be made sp by
having a number Of pieces Of heavy bat
cheap card board cut III various G4es. Tive
dolkss will purchase s1souSA TO Loop you
busy long time Select from magazines or
iilusa3tsd papers tbs best wGrk Of the beS.
artists ia black aEl ws:-s. Ca. 10 pictures
Cle,so to tie margin, a.ld paste than In the
cc,sax' q Il .a.:.:-s. A2s> piece Of card board,
rr':..., wxea it Scc:2-s al Improvement, biz
e ta.,:aAotoTy text with TIC name Of tic
;,:s,-s 20 ca G,e r.va-se sidR. Portfolios tc
Loh: c,". .sseEuSs.RS pictures should be
made as fu.soH., Ito method bssnS Devised
by Asdy TO h&l collected q H.1uber Of
c'icr!a:. :. !.s@1 &IA white Illustrations II
this :a...o,>.: Cover q large place Of card
lo->. . 49,. .,.& c. rlush-rovsl purple, odvt
-. a oiI Id is 4 suitable oolo4' csrtah
,.sda, x LOWS Glso looking wal. Mex
,y.e. so !.4cos Of card board pointed a;
~ g., -4..in;; to too inches at t!Ic other
:.. y. o-1,H' s.jo sew pieces Of $. x foul
l:.Jn,S viz. These, with the pointed carr
boa.I, LIQUID be gathered into piscs Of sill
elastic ct the lo.Lt-SI end, Gnd have fol-
tor a r.in!:!I. s;TI.s tt the other. JON en'
side of t!.e S.. to the large covered cart
board, and the other TO q full PIECE of, sill
which can be gathered in at the tor with
silk running string, forming capac.oCS ba}
: portfolio, if We may call 1t 50, which by
means Of ribbons or cord and tassel can b
| hung against the wall very effectively
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