Theseb.uge vases are simple in their contour anddecoration, but they are imposing because oftheir size. On the parterre is a white sum-mer-house, supported by heavy pillars andleft open to the sky. The floor is of black andwhite marble. In the center of this summerrest-house is a black marble table… … Close by is a marble fountain that playsinto an artilicial lake. The border of thesmall lake is ornamented with tubs of hardyflowering plants, foremost of these are thebaskets and tubs of pink and red geraniums. The small lake is edged with cone-shapedevergreens. The basins tilled with water…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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