Constructive work; . ^ Thesecolors may be purchased in small tubes at any art storeand will be found very reasonable in price. The paint will not only serve to hide the iron, but will alsoprovide a smooth surface for the gold or silver. Design No. X is quite elaborate, and while the designis really no more intricate than any of the others, moretime and pains vill obviously be required to follow it The central portion of the frame is intended to accom-modate a cabinet picture, its outside size being four inchesand a quarter by five inches and seven-eights and the sightopening


Constructive work; . ^ Thesecolors may be purchased in small tubes at any art storeand will be found very reasonable in price. The paint will not only serve to hide the iron, but will alsoprovide a smooth surface for the gold or silver. Design No. X is quite elaborate, and while the designis really no more intricate than any of the others, moretime and pains vill obviously be required to follow it The central portion of the frame is intended to accom-modate a cabinet picture, its outside size being four inchesand a quarter by five inches and seven-eights and the sightopening being a little less than half an inch smaller bothways and the frame- at each side, being designed for smallerphotos, has an outside measurement of two inches and ahalf by three inches and seven-eights. The small frames areseparated from the larger one bv snake-pattern grilles madeof iron strips three-eights of an inch wide, and the three aresurrounded by a rather elaborate grille as illustrated. The total length of the completed frame, from outside tooutside of the scrolls, is twelve inches and three-quarters,and the total height nine inches and an eighth. 227 Design No. XI. offers a simple but artistic suggestion fora circular frame. The angle or llange forming the rabbet should measurefour inches in diameter at the outside, and should leave asight opening three inches and a half in diameter; and thecircl


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