The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-24

ARTISTIC FRAMES
Don't Put White Wood
Around Your Pictures,
But Choose Mahogany.
RETURN OF THE OVAL FRAME.
Iceland's New Noman--How Par
ents Provoke Children-Jewels
and Eyes.
RETURN OF THE OVAL FRAME.

Il want his photograph framed suit
ably" I aid yesterday to a nan who's
business it is to do just such things.
To aid nue. in my selection he showed
me into the back part of the shop, where
over a hundred pictures were being franz
ed for a coming exhibition. The. /, pictures
by we'll known artists, covered a large
range of water coIors. etchings, pnoto-
gravures inc wood drawings. 4 grouping
from which an artistic woman could get
sufficient ideas TO arrange her walls in
the happiest manner
What I saw there I will faithfully re-
peat, as l know there are an hos of
housekeepers who are now looking a.
a great variety of pictures whose frames
are disabled or inartistic. If she is a
womas who cares for attractive walls
and good harmonies she knows hat
nothing SO completes or detracts
from a room as well or badly
framed pictures. As for the pic
lures themselves, advice as to their
choosing is a hopeless task; the woman's
taste, or lack of it. will prove so quickly
that it will be a good index to her char
acter.
Show me the pictures in a home and
I'll tell you tho character of its inmates"
was the remark of al authority in art;
but it can be echoed tr%uthfully from other
cultivated sources.
DON'T HANG PICTURE HIGH.
Never make the mistake of hanging
pictures high; remember to line them
with the level of the eye. The despairing
technical academy term. "skyed the pic
ture.' or its e~xhilarating opposite. hang
ing on the line. should be pointers in the
matter of position.
If you think of using a white frame re-
member hat bit of matrimonial advice
Don't l was told that such frames
were entirely going out; they were hard
to keep clean and rarely showed off the
enclosed picture to any advantage. With
oil paintings nothing but deep gilt frames
will probably ever be used; for water
colors the tiny strip of cardboard over
tapping the glass is q favorite.
Natural wood is seen everywhere; for
etchings. e~ngravings, photographers. etc.,
it is in constant demand. The usual width
for a picture-say 16x20-is one-half an
and tone mlu Of WAT Il frames. when a me-
dallion frame is used, the mat is done
away with, the picture coming close up
against the gilt, for no other material
than this is used on an oval.
Oak is a .fayorile wood. it is either
polished or dull; that in which the grain
is stained in rough streaks is preferable.
Hungarian maple with its delicate trac-
ings is a very recent adoption; 1t has q
tiny beading inside of either carved WOOD
or gilt. This same maple heavily overiald
with gilt is used. but / do not care for it.
except in the case of plaster of Paris bas
~reliefs. / saw a BIAS relief of the headless
Victory inclosed in a very broad frame
of gilded maple, and the effect was n
THE EMPIRE FRAME
Mahogany is a new and artistic form.
a l~v~ nf hn fnraGQ NJ nnOIO-
ravures were being mounted on con.
inch band of mahogany inlaid with a tiny
beading of gilt. This treatment IS py iaF
the most effective I've ever seen useo
for photographs, It Il 3 e +Sa aytisti tor ef Yfeetts
of the dull, stained wood Tor enelosang
those wonderful platinum ~ouc
of the old masters. | noticed a picture OF
Richter's Louise of Prussia and one OF
Napoleon going into frames of tins kin9
with brass ornaments in each corner anu
the brass coronet above. They We're OF
dered by a Philadelphia where faste Ia
such things is proverblaliy exceAeHt- IN
that liessa suggestion!
The oval or medallion frame Is very
much in evidence. The reproduction OF
famous Miniatures + Sc SO = 3 has come in
with them. They are especially etching
with a lovers mot in gilt at the TOP,
Mats are wider than ever. Gray anu q
ring In pictures of well known places.
cathedrals, buildings, ETC., this parcnInele
&c most attractive; the frame III sucn
cases is usually OF black WOOD with white
whose ugliness starss al neI+b the
coat Of gniiding or ebony will relieVe iae
Situation. BY all means, strive 70 ap frnm
tbe walls. unless one has that eiaborale
end ner:shable possession-a WniIe anu
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