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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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Our
outdoor
trellis
is
at
the
end
of
the
Villa
Trianon
garden,
in
line
with
the
terrace
where
we
take
our
meals.
This
trellis
was
rebuilt
many
times
before
it
satisfied
me,
but
now
it
is
my
greatest
joy.
The
niches
are
planned
to
hold
two
old
statues
and
several
prim
box
trees.
I
used
very
much
the
same
constructive
design
on
one
of
the
walls
of
the
Colony
Club
trellis
room,
but
there
a
fountain
has
the
place
of
honor.
Formal
pedestals
surmounted
by
gracefully
curved
urns,
box
trees,
statues,
marble
benches,
fountains--all
these
belong
to
the
formal
outdoor
trellis.
The
trellis
is
primarily
suitable
for
garden
architecture,
but
it
may
be
fitted
to
interior
uses
most
skilfully.
Pictures
of
the
trellis
room
in
the
Colony
Club
have
been
shown
so
often
it
is
not
necessary
to
repeat
more
than
one
of
them.
The
room
is
long
and
high,
with
a
floor
of
large
red
tiles.
The
walls
and
ceiling
are
covered
with
rough
gray
plaster,
on
which
the
green
strips
of
wood
are
laid.
The
wall
space
is
entirely
covered
with
the
trellis
design
broken
into
ovals
which
hold
lighting-fixtures--grapes
and
leaves
in
cloudy
glass
and
green
enamel.
The
long
room
leads
up
to
the
ivy-covered
trellis
of
the
fountain
wall,
a
perfect
background
for
the
fountain,
a
bowl
on
the
brim
of
which
is
poised
a
youthful
figure,
upheld
by
two
dolphins.
The
water
spills
over
into
a
little
pool,
banked
with
evergreens.
Ivy
has
been
planted
in
long
boxes
along
the
wall,
and
climbs
to
the
ceiling,
where
the
plaster
is
left
bare,
save
for
the
trellised
cornice
and
the
central
trellis
medallion,
from
which
is
suspended
an
enchanting
lantern
made
up
of
green
wires
and
ivy
leaves
and
little
white
flames
of
electric
light.
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