Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 325
elegance and originality, and as used on the ter-races, and in the balustrade of the state staircase, incombination with heavy baroque stone balusters, it is aninteresting example of a peculiarly Lombard style ofdecoration. Between the house and the Naviglio there once layan elaborate parterre de… … IRON GATES OF THE VILLA ALAKIO(now visconti di saliceto) ITALIAN VILLAS sance little remains save the long terraces extending fromeach end of the house, the old flower-garden below oneof these, and some bits of decorative sculpture incorpo-rated in the boundary-walls. The long tank orcanal shown in…
