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understanding of picture-frames as adjuncts to, or neces- 

 sary accompaniments of, great pictures ? The splendid 

 carved and gilded wooden frames of some great pictures 

 have a value of their ovi'n as examples of design. But 

 how many of them are really suited to the picture which 

 they surround ? How much attention has been given by 

 art experts to the question of the best possible " exhi- 

 bitional " surroundings — nearer and more distant — for 

 this, that and the other, among the great pictures of 

 Europe ? 



