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 411
- feet. Such fountains are statuesqueand dreary as are the statues of many of the palaces of Europe. Therea fountain is a dead piece of ornament, a cut-stone accent to carry the con-necting line of the academy between house and garden, through so flexible andliquid an element as water. Here it is a… … visit and to charm: they hide and wemust follow them if we can. Leavingthe larger cascade, the water passesthrough a series of invisible pipes intothe house and appears in the centralcourt to vitalize an Oriental setting.On the floor, surrounded by an inter-esting mosaic of rich colors built…
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