AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



of terra cotta. Most of the ornamental details are the handiwork of the pupils of Mr. Peano, 

 who is instructor of sculpture in the Lick School of Mechanical Arts in San Francisco. The 

 building consists of two rooms— a rece]3tion hall and studio, the latter being an apartment of 

 great size. There is a separate office, and the whole is surrounded with pergolas and a formal 



THE ENTRANCE. 



garden. It is a novel scheme, worked out in a thoroughly ingenious way. When first built, 

 the structural decorations were limited to the exterior, but it was hoped that, in time, the pupils 

 who had added so much to the adornment of their master's house would give further evidence 

 of their skill in decorating the interior. 



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