The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Heavy old
Gilt Frames
Come Back
BY HELEN WELSHIMER
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The pic
ture frameup is going back to its old
tricks.
The very same type Of pictures
that Martha Washington hung on
the walls at Mt. Vernon, and Eng
lish duchesses chose for their din
ing rooms, in the days when people
had time to eat long breakfasts and
appreciate art, are hanging high to-
day.
Maybe clustered curls and trailing
skirts have instituted an era Of dig
nifty and charm in pictures. Be that
as it may, the new mode is IN keep
ing with the candleglow period.
Colonial furniture has returned and
with it, Colonial art.
Prints Coming BACK
Colonial prints, French prints and
English prints are risking their quiet
simplicity against the hodge-podge
of modernistic color. When merely
the faces are used, heavy, round-gilt
frames are very attractive.
Old-time silhouettes, painted on
glass, are being framed in wide,
heavy maple, or black walnut, ex-
sctly as they we're when your great
grandmother danced the minuet.
They 90 well in pairs, gracing the
tops of narrow book cases, or man
telpieces.
Square molding, void of curves, is
the vogue for ali modern art, both
new and revived. Step-molding, it
is sometimes called, because Of the
way it is blocked.
Stage Coach Returns
The boat scenes, SO popular for a
long time, have disappeared down
the river, and the old stage coach
has taken it's place. English and
early colonial scenes, showing a
stage pulling up at the village taV-
ern, are immensely popular.
They should be used in narrow
black frames, the simpler the better.
The tendency is to call attention to
the scene 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 GRIM
son coats which colonial riders ia
vored add a vivid touch of color to
an otherwise somber wall.
French art from yesterday, also
immensely popular at the present
moment, deals mainly with figures
of women clad in the softly colored,
pastel costumes of a few generations
ago. The maple frames are con-
sidered best for this type of picture.
Modernistic Art Popular
Modernistic art, especially that
of the French school, is also good
today. A mad splash of colors is
perfectly permissible and desirable
il it is done with that free, wide
sweeping touch which can catch
and hold the attention.
Studied details of Photographic
clearness aren't particularly desir-
able now.
Many of the old French flower
prints are used against blue mats,
in charming fashion, and finish
with narrow gold frame.
Bird pictures, which show daubS
of flaming color, are popular for
porches, and colored glass mats,
designed especially for rooms in
which gay draperies are used, add
a cheerful note.
Variety of Frames Good
Modernistic carved wooden frames,
metal frames, round Swedish pewter
frames all are good. A picture
may be used in the upper part of
the glass.
One long mirror places view Of
Mount Vernon above the shining
surface.
Any shape, no matter how curved
and twisted, is accepted. What
you choose must depend on the
type of room in which it is to be
placed, and the harmony of your
other furniture.