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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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My
idea
of
making
over
the
place
was
to
leave
the
part
of
the
garden
against
the
stone
walls
in
the
rear
in
its
tangled,
woodsy
state,
and
to
build
against
it
a
trellis
that
would
be
in
line
with
the
terrace.
Between
the
trellis
and
the
terrace
there
was
to
be
a
smooth
expanse
of
greensward,
bordered
with
flowers.
It
seemed
very
simple,
but
I
hereby
confess
that
I
built
and
tore
down
the
trellis
three
times
before
it
pleased
me!
I
had
to
make
it
worthy
of
the
statue
by
Pradier
that
was
given
us
by
Sardou,
and
finally
it
was
done
to
please
me.
Painted
a
soft
green,
with
ivy
growing
over
it,
and
a
fountain
flanked
by
white
marbles
outlined
against
it,
this
trellis
represents
(to
me,
at
least)
my
best
work.
The
tapis
vert
occupies
the
greater
part
of
the
garden,
and
it
is
bordered
by
gravel
walks
bordered
in
turn
with
white
flowerbeds.
Between
the
walks
and
the
walls
there
are
the
groups
of
trees,
the
statues
with
green
spaces
about
them,
the
masses
of
evergreen
trees,
and
finally
the
great
trees
that
follow
the
lines
of
the
wall.
Indeed,
the
tapis
vert
is
like
the
arena
of
an
ample
theater,
with
the
ascending
flowers
and
shrubs
and
trees
representing
the
ascending
tiers
of
seats.
One
feels
that
all
the
trees
and
flowers
look
down
upon
the
central
stretch
of
greensward,
and
perhaps
there
is
a
fairy
ring
here
where
plays
take
place
by
night.
Nothing
is
impossible
in
this
garden.
Certainly
the
fairies
play
in
the
enchanted
ring
of
the
trees
of
the
salle
de
verdure.
We
are
convinced
of
that.
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