They have been doing that at least since the '60's. This is not rocket science, people have been decorating their bicycles forever and the human mind has been imaginative even longer. The cutout painting will have started when cutouts became popular or in regular use, I'm sure, whenever that was. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> OK, you frame painters and restorers, here's a question:
>
> When did it become "fashionable" to pick out the heart-shaped windows in
> some lugwork with a contrasting colour to the frame, often in lieu of full
>
> lug edge lining?
>
> I ask because this seems to be a characteristic of Italian frames in the
> late 1970s and especially early 1980s. So was it an era thing and/or a
> national thing? One doesn't see too many British frames with this
> treatment. Or at least I haven't. It's a nice idea I think but it migh
> t be
> too Masi and too De Rosa for a Merseyside frame.
>
> The question is prompted by my continued agonising (well it's more mulling
>
> right now) as to the paint scheme for my '71 ish Harry Quinn. I've now g
> one
> from lavender to an Austin Healy blue with or with white "windows" or
> lining.
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA
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