American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 224
undoubtedly the product of American needs,American requirements. You feel that as you enter: you feel it as youexamine the blue print plan, or as you study it in detail or mass. It is dif-ficult to look at this very delightful entrance, with its central arch, its deh-cately painted barrel vaulting… … THKKK IS A DKI.IGHTiai. AIR OK PRIVACY AND PKOTECTION IN THE COLRTThf white lijrht of the picture is the niarl)Ie fountain, and the arched entrance l)ey<)nd it of Doiiatcllo and. for a time, of (Thiberti. In its graceful proportion, it re-calls not a little the arcade of the portico of Saint…
Architecture, Domestic · Landscape gardening
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