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second feature is perhaps the mostinteresting bit of detail in the garden, thewall fountain. This artistic motif is a sym-bolized dolphin set in a niche in the gar-den wall. The niche and wall at this point are surfaced with thin slabs of slate so asto give a more finished background than themore… … STEPS LEADING FROM THE HOUSE TO THE REARGARDEN TERRACE which catches the water below. A smallroof of irregular slate shingles supportedby an adzed framework covers the fountainoverhead. It gives somewhat the feelingof a small wayside shrine so common alongAlpine trails in the Tyrol country. The…
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