Constructive work; . ymeans of thin steel wire nails driven through awl-holes inthe iron and into the edge of the board. If the frame is to be hung upon a wall, a slender steel wirenail will be sufficient to sustain it, but if it is to stand upon atable, mantel or dresser, a grille support will be necessaryto give the form of an easel. Figure No. XVI. shows a de-sign for a support of this description, which should be madeof thin iron strips about an eighth of an inch wide. Having 224 completed the support secure its upper end with two smallstaples to the backboard of the frame near the top, an
Constructive work; . ymeans of thin steel wire nails driven through awl-holes inthe iron and into the edge of the board. If the frame is to be hung upon a wall, a slender steel wirenail will be sufficient to sustain it, but if it is to stand upon atable, mantel or dresser, a grille support will be necessaryto give the form of an easel. Figure No. XVI. shows a de-sign for a support of this description, which should be madeof thin iron strips about an eighth of an inch wide. Having 224 completed the support secure its upper end with two smallstaples to the backboard of the frame near the top, andfasten the ends of a brass or iron chain respectively to thelower end of the support and the bottom of the back-board, makinc;- the chain of such a leng-th that it will keepthe support from slipping- too far back. A side view ofthis frame, support and chain is given at Figure No. long frame pictured at Design No. IX may be usedcrosswise for a group of heads, or may be placed upright fora full-length The total length of the frame should be nine inches andthree-quarters, and the total breadth six inches and a half;and the inner frame or rabbet should measure six inchesand a half in length and three inches and ahalf in breadth,with a sight opening measuring six inches by three. This 225 design makes a very neat wall frame, and it may be en-larged to suit a small etching or colored print. While the black finish is very pretty and stylish for everykind of iron work it does not follow that all objects, andespecially all picture frames, should be completed in thisway. Colors are pleasing and effective, and the enamelpaints in dififerent light tints that can be purchased in manyof the shops will be found entirely satisfactory for the pur-pose. Light shades of pink, blue, green and tan are par-ticularly desirable, and so are white and ivory. When anyof these delicate tones are to be used, it is a good plan tofirst give the iron two coats of ordinary thin white paint,t
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