I would assume that, much like icons, a framework should typically
prefer the smallest image that does not need to be scaled up.
e.g. with icons:
34x34 - 128x128 is scaled down
33x33 - 128x128 is scaled down
32x32 - use the 32x32 native version
31x31 - 32x32 is scaled down
30x30 - 32x32 is scaled down