New Britain herald., 1930-08-26
Simplicity Is In Vogue In Modem Picture Frames
By HELEN WELSHIMER.

lisn duChesses chose for their din ing rooms. in the days when peo- pie had time to eat long break lasts and appreciate art, are hang ing high today
 Maybe clustered curls and trail ing skirts have instituted an era of dignity and charm in pictures. | Be that as it may, the new mode is Tn keeping with the candle glow period. Colonial furniture has re- turned and with it, colonial art. Colonial prints, French prints, and English prints are. risking their quiet simplicity against the hodge -podge of modernistic color. 1 When merely the faces are used, heavy round gilt frames are very attractive.
 Stlhouettes Used in Paris Old-time silhouettes, painted on | glass, are being framed in wide, heavy maple, or black walnut, ex- aetly as they were when your sreatgrandmother danced the nlnuet. They go we'll in pairs, sracing the tops of narrow Book cases or mantelpieces.
 Square molding, void of curves, is the vogue for all modArn art, ] both new and revived. Step mold ing, it is sometimes called, be- cause of the way it is blocked.
 The boat scenes, so popular for a long time, have disappeared down the river, and the old stage coach has taken it's place. Eng fish and early colonial scenes, showing a stage pulling up at the village tavern, are immensely pop ular. They should be used in mar row black frames, the simpler the better. The tendency is to call at tention to the scenes itself. The old, ornate frames are distinctly out of the modern picture
 Hunting scenes are being ap- proved everywhere, especially for use in libraries, dining rooms and halls. Horses, hounds, and the gay crimson coats which colonia, riders favored add a vivid touch or color to an otherwise sombre wall.
 Hunting Pictures Popular These hunting pictures, all oi which are reproductions of famous I scenes, appeal 10 horse lovers Smaller views, showing a favorite horse ta,:ing a fence, or standing Tn his barn, are also favorites. Fol instance Prim, the winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom, in 1880 Is proving that even horses car make history, as he hangs on ( multitude of wall Bowton, win. ner of the Great St. Iegle Stake. at Doncaster in 1929, also is fram. ed for posterity.
 In choosing your pictures put your emphasis on the scene itself Then let the age which it repre-. scnts be your guide in selecting proper frame.
 Prints require a wide mating in order to give them spacious ness.
 Now and then some unusual, striking color will be repeated 1T the wood of the frame. Var Gaugh's famous "Zouave" whicl shows a man gaily dressed in wid, red pantaloons, has been franco today in the new step molding the inner edge being painted thu same Chinese red which the artis used.
 Blue is often used in this man ner, too, in the new frames.
 Silver and gold are a relief, nov and then, from the monotony 0 black, but here again. the fram, is narrow and square when ap piled to the old prints
 For Framing in Maple
 French art from yesterday, als, immensely popular at the presen moment, deals mainly with figure O. women clad in the softly color ed, pastel costumes of few gen erations ago. The maple frame are considered best for this typ of picture.
 Modernistic art. especially tha oc the French school is also goo today. A mad splash of colors i perfectly permissible and desira ble if it is done with that fret ! Widesweeplng touch which ca catch and hold the attentio Studied details of photograph clearness aren't particularly desir {. able now
 5 Many of the old French Howe . prints are used against blue mat l i1 charming fashion, and finis } with a narrow gold frame.
 Bird pictures, which show daut . of flaming color, are popular fo = porches, and colored glass mat - designed especially for rooms which gay draperies are used, ad a cheerful note.
 The modern blend of frame into the pictured scene is show in Claude Monet's fishing scene which the small boats are restin { leisurely on green gold sea. an the matching green frame catche the same golden glnt.
 Unless a room can reflect il pictures all over again in a mirrc : or two, it has lost one of il !. stransest charm points. Miro, add light and spaciousness. An any kind of frame will do toda, Colonial, Italian, Japanese a are approved by those who kno the hang of a looking glass.
 Variety In Frames
 Modernistic carved woode frames, metal frames, round Swec ish pewter frames all a, good. A picture may be used 1 the upper part Of the glass. Or long mirror places a view
 Mount Vernon above the shinin surface.
 Any shape, no matter how cur, ed and twisted, is accepted. Wh; you choose must depend on tf type of room in which it is to |
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