New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
HANGING PICTURES.
Their Disposal in Homes Is Noe
Task of Some Dealers.


rfot,ires and less tho latest fashion in frames
We would have less trouble and they moro artistic
homes" declared art dealer. when asked about
the iqreer fads in rictse hanging and framing
Tho fashion that The ar dealer is always strug
Cling 70 introduc" in framing pictures is suitability.
rf.a- * haru7n between the picture and the
frame The fashion that few of us are At pres
ent bending energies 80 is = sensible hanging
of the picture after il Is framed
The framing 40 in our shors and many ~
ls refuse to send cut picture that Is not prop
erly framed That is = simple matter compared
with the hanging. Howe'sr appropriately pct
1lre may he framed r. TIE hanging il poor half
the beauty is lost. rule people give little
thought 10 hanging pictures At one time there
was fad fer hanging them in s'eTs- Then there
was another Of grouping them IN trios. ~" sma"
ar,5 orc large I have often sold pictures by the
size regardless of color or hiezJ. \ customer
wouId specify , particular number of inches ana
hA re-fectI> Indifferent on other points once in
p while they would take the trouble to explain
that they wished it 20 fI in a certain niche or TO
match one already on hand.
CRAZY QUILT EFFECT.
As for mixing pictures! l have been in hand
some homes where water coiors. dark p'at'no"
photographs. oil paintings, japanese prints en-
cravings etchines and Autographs have all hung
on the same wall. To look at one you would De
compelled to take in the whole tumble or course
they would he hung bv invisible piano "he' anu
the erfec; would he nearer the crazy quilt than
anything else.
1t is TO prevent these mistakes in hanging
pictures tret many Of the best art dealers nov
send an experienced man out as dellver"r- Wheh
a picture is sold ask permission to hang H.
The man who delivers that picture has orders not
only 10 do mis- in getting tie picture proper
place but to make suggestions about other p't-
,Iras which he may improperly hung WINE
If NAV be looked upon movement TO educate
the public the the interest ~ the art d"aer
is at the root once people Are taESSt the dltfer-
ence between the true and the false IN arr 'hey
will buy good pictures even at cost OF twenty
times as much as they would nave 10 Pay 10y
poor copies
The nrst poInt 20 learn in hanging pictures Is
that few good pictures more I" n" desired
than a multitude Of poor ones fach picture
should be worth stud ing separatHlt- In'tiateH
pctures should be grouped 'osetilei' ""'
hung in wall panels, so that each VIII count i''
al il is worth Where the color OF the wall can
be regulated It is best - have a contrast rather
than an approach TO the same tone
The size of the frame should be appropriate
to the size Of the picture. What = more absurd
than a tiny photograph in a heavy rwo-inch frame
II reminds one Of a canary in a lions cage me
height Of the pictures from the floor is anothef
noint where mistakes are made. As rule, ihe>
should he centred the nolmal line OF sighr
,ba- is about nve feet from the II y. There are
o,-entious 10 the rule however, which should a'-
v=,vs he taken into consideration. PICTURES "t
mountain scenes especially photographs. look hest
vben hung high. while pictures of the sea ana IL
splashing surf should ne huhG so ~" tl'l W JUN
down upon them.
INVISIBLE, WIRE Is "ojT
We are .Iso irving to change the lad for hang
,r. mixtures hv invisible wire. Nov. everyhody
knows that 2 picture IS not built IN the val ''''
,,,, !, 4 hung from anov1 Then what Is the us
=. trrirz 10 conceal the fa0t2 The sensible ah'
,tarefore artistic support of a picture Is woven
MIRO large enough give one N" sense 81 'he
,..,,ra,s eecuritv or metal chain As \ rule u
,,,ct,re should he hung fat against the wall as US
Ioos,iop IN the line Of vision makes ultins ul-
,,ncaesarv and Illogical Each large picture should
y. hung bv two chains running verticaiiy 10 hooN9
a. the nictrre moulding With the usual arrange
oa,, of the screw eye the picture VIII not hanS
a., -ainst the wall The screw eye must De PtI
Iat tnn edge of the frame, in plaln sl5 ny.
t-e+r aeS are TO had in dun Diack TOT ddi N
1Iood frames brass for gilt frames anu is IA
s1a according to the size OF the frame lhey die
TO upheld. ~ .,.,tlo koaning these hang
,,, c,ains md wires within bounds as 10 SIZt SIZI
,1none once Eealize the folly OF trying 70 hg
support they will rush 10 tNe oppoSlts
d avtrer1as and use ropes and chaihS E,IrlcuiousiN
t,o,e,- To Droyc this tendency one mas 10 ~
t,ocl, IN the DAYS less than twentE-hve ySaIs
80, an Gods as large as larger than 4 man ,
tiiIr,b were considered the proper SuppoI,r. "a
ragardless ne OHIE ,'liIl'
ltNI-,ro, tbie sensible method Of hanging piclui
a. ~ iarpa assortment of chain ana wire tHdI
YIN he necessary to carry II CUT 10
80 3ndgment is necessary TO get an equilly 49,
Iesuif with teT-inch GlIt frame
a fonr.inch oak Gne- OF course, the sfiiie 9ILS oi
oanro, he ,;sed for both. In buying chalhs anu an!
uires we advise customers 10 measure '