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the other hand such a setting would prove unsuitable for
tiles, except in rare instances, as where white or cream-
colored designs are mounted in light openwork frames of
gold.
We see in the window of one of the foremost art
stores a modelled tile surrounded with a broad plush
frame, decorated with brass mountings. The whole ap-
pears stiff, dull, and unattractive. We place a similar
panel in a light wooden frame of soft ivory white, deli-
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DESIGNIED iY ARTHUR OSBORNE.
cately carved and pierced, and the surface at once lights
up with life, and its beauties are fully revealed.
The coloring of the glaze or enamel which covers the
tile sculptures must largely govern the character of their
setting. In general, dark-colored tiles should be framed
in ivory white. Light-blue may be, with good effect,
placed in wooden frames of oxidized silver, but in all
cases the moulding should be chased or carved to produce
the appearance of lightness. In some instances a border
of delicately tinted silk plush may be inserted between the
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