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Show The Ten Commandments of Picture Framing and Hanging? Thou shalt not use ornate or elaborate elabor-ate frames. The simpler forms are always the better art. Thou shalt avoid the use of bright gilt frames. Dull gold, bronze and black are much more restful. Thou shalt not frame water colors or colored prints with matts, but put the frame squarely against the picture. pic-ture. Thou shalt not frame trivial pictures at all. They have no lastiug value. Thou shalt not use cords or chains for hanging thy pictures. Set them on the plate rail, if it is not too high, or hang them flat against the wall with a single nail. Thou shalt not hang thy pictures above or below the level of the eye. Thou shalt not over-crowd thy walls with pictures, better too few than too many. Thou shalt not hang glass covered pictures where the light will strike them and reduce them to dazzling white blurs. Thou shalt not select or hang any pictures that will not bear a seven-days-in-the-week association. Thou shalt not hang fruit or game pictures in any part of the house ex cept the dining room. |