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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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The
first
trellis
work
in
France
was
inspired
by
Italy,
but
the
French
gave
it
a
perfection
of
architectural
character
not
found
in
other
countries.
The
manuscript
of
the
"Romance
of
the
Rose,"
dating
back
to
the
Fifteenth
Century,
contains
the
finest
possible
example
of
trellis
in
a
medieval
garden.
Most
of
the
old
French
gardens
that
remain
to
us
have
important
trellis
construction.
At
Blois
one
still
sees
the
remains
of
a
fine
trellis
covering
the
walls
of
the
kitchen
gardens.
Wonderful
and
elaborate
trellis
pavillons,
each
containing
a
statue,
often
formed
the
centers
of
very
old
gardens.
These
garden
houses
were
called
gazebos
in
England,
and
Temples
d'Amour
(Temples
of
Love)
in
France,
and
the
statue
most
often
seen
was
the
god
of
Love.
In
the
Trianon
gardens
at
Versailles
there
is
a
charming
Temple
d'Amour
standing
on
a
tiny
island,
with
four
small
canals
leading
to
it.
A
knowledge
of
the
history
of
trelliage
and
an
appreciation
of
its
practical
application
to
modern
needs
is
a
conjurer's
wand--you
can
wave
it
and
create
all
sorts
of
ephemeral
constructions
that
will
last
your
time
and
pleasure.
You
may
give
your
trellis
any
poetic
shape
your
vision
may
take.
You
may
dream
and
realize
enchanting
gardens,
with
clipped
hedges
and
trellis
walls.
You
may
transform
a
commonplace
porch
into
a
gay
garden
room,
with
a
few
screens
of
trellis
and
many
flower
boxes
of
shrubs
and
vines.
Here
indeed
is
a
delightful
medium
for
your
fancy!
Trelliage
and
lattice
work
are
often
used
as
interchangeable
terms,
but
mistakenly,
for
any
carpenter
who
has
the
gift
of
precision
can
build
a
good
lattice,
but
a
trellis
must
have
architectural
character.
Trellis
work
is
not
necessarily
flimsy
construction;
the
light
chestnut
laths
that
were
used
by
the
old
Frenchmen
and
still
remain
to
us
prove
that.
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White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
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Scalpel
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