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House Furnishing and Decorating: Pictures

To Hang Pictures. -Do not make the common mistake of hanging pictures above the line of sight, so as to make it necessary to strain the eyes in looking up at them. Pictures should not, as a rule, hang more than five and one half feet from the floorabout on a level with the eyes of a person of average height when standing. But, of course, the different pictures, for the sake of variety, are hung slightly above or below this line, according to their size and other circumstances, and not at a uniform level. Remember that in looking at a picture the eye falls, not at the exact center, but at a point about intermediate between the center and the top of the picture, or at about one third of its depth from the top.

Hence, if a picture is hung so that the line of sight of a person of average height when standing falls on this point, it is displayed to the best advantage.

HOUSE FURNISHING AND DECORATING Do not hang a picture in direct light, as exactly opposite a sunny window. When possible, a picture should be located with reference to windows and other openings so that it will be lighted as the artist intended; that is, the shadows in the picture should appear to be cast by the light that falls upon it.