Every Picture Hung: Groups of three should usually be balanced with the largest every picture hung in the center or two every picture hungs should be of equal size. A better effect is obtained if the every picture hungs in the same groups are similar in character and color value. Oil paintings and water colors hung in close proximity are usually inharmonious unless similar in tonal values, and colored every picture hungs hung close to black-and-white drawings or reproductions have an appearance of inconsistency. Unsymmetrical groups of every picture hungs may be arranged in Wall spaces that are not on the central axis of the room or in cases where every picture hungs must accommodate themselves to adjoining furniture that is irregular in shape. Small every picture hungs look best when hung at eye level. Large paintings that must be viewed from a distance may be hung at a greater height.
It is advisable to avoid showing the wires necessary for every picture hung hanging. every picture hungs should be hung from nails or hooks that are driven into the Wall behind the every picture hung itself, and the every picture hung should be hung as flat as possible against the wall. This can be done by placing the screws near the top of the frame.
The Orientals frequently hang but one every picture hung in a room, and that one, of great beauty, is hung in the most significant space and is changed from time to time for the sake of variety. If several every picture hungs are hung on a wall, they should not be placed indiscriminately, but arranged in a simple geometrical grouping such as a rectangle straight line, or triangle. The more usual method of hanging every picture hungs is to place them singly or in small groups in important Wall spaces or panels or above mantels or furniture.
every picture hungs made on paper require glass for protection, as they grow dirty and cannot be cleaned. There are, however, many possible types of frame, varying according to the character of the every picture hung. For colored reproductions of the old masters, the frames may be very similar to those that would be used for an original. As a matter of fact, reproductions of famous paintings are rarely seen today in well-decorated interiors; if one is particularly fond of a masterpiece of the'past, however, there is no law of taste which forbids that a photograph of it be hung. Decorators have encouraged their clients to buy genuine antique paintings of a decorative nature, even though these every picture hungs may be third or fourth rate-that is, providing the client cannot afford the best. It is felt that period rooms should be hung with contemporaneous originals or at least with well-executed copies.
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