Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 55
with masks and arabesques incoloured shell-work, and in the niches of the tufa ofwhich the background is formed are strange groups oflife-sized animals, a camel, a monkey, a stag with realantlers, a wild boar with real tusks, and various smallanimals and birds, some made of coloured marbles… … FLORENTINE VILLAS groups are basins of pink-and-white marble, carvedwith sea-creatures and resting on dolphins. Humour isthe quality which soonest loses its savour, and it is oftendifficult to understand the grotesque side of the old gar-den-architecture ; but the curious delight in the…
