TIME: 4 hours.
MATERIALS: Newsboard, vellum or paper.
First choose size of picture and then width of frame. This may be
uniform on all sides or one may observe the rules for margins shown on
pages 21 and 22. Make a careful drawing of the outside of the frame
and opening, and then lay out and cut the newsboard as indicated. For
covering, plan and cut a piece of vellum, grass cloth, paper or other
material which shall extend beyond the newsboard on each side for at
least one-half an inch. On this material indicate the position of
the newsboard including the opening for the picture. Also draw lines
one-half an inch inside and parallel to the lines showing opening.
Cut on these lines and at each corner cut oblique lines to allow the
laps to fold under. For the back there should be planned and cut
another piece of newsboard one-eighth of an inch shorter than the front
and of the same width; and to cover it a strip of covering material
three-eighths of an inch longer and one-quarter of an inch narrower
than the newsboard. (See Plate XXII.)
[Illustration: PLATE XXII. Dimensioned sketches of the parts of a
picture frame.]
To assemble: Paste the foundation of the front to the covering and turn
under and paste the laps at the opening. At this time paste only one
outside lap and that the top one. Over one end of the newsboard-back
turn the outside strip about half an inch and paste this down leaving
the remainder of the piece free. Place this piece of newsboard against
the front, with the pasted end at the top, and over both pieces of
newsboard paste the three laps attached to the front side. Fold back
the free piece and paste as a lining over the back. To this may be
pasted a patent hanger--a ring attached to a gummed disk. The picture
should be inserted at the opening in the top.
[Illustration: PLATE XXIII. A folding picture frame.]
If a double frame is desired (see Plate XXIII) make a frame for each
picture but use for the back of each a piece of heavy paper which
should not have an additional covering. Make a foundation which folds
through the center planning to have it extend slightly beyond the
frames as shown in Plate XXII; to each half of this foundation attach
the frames already made.
C. Either style of frame may be made with a covering of silk, grass
cloth, leather, and slightly padded. For this purpose use sheet wadding
which should be firmly attached to the front of the foundation. Over
this lay the covering material and paste the laps only, not the broad
faces.