46 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
February, 
1909 
The great terrace inclosing the inner front of the house 
a somewhat flat angle to a great level. Naturally enough the 
roof is broken by the chimneys, and some of these are so 
large as to well deserve the designation massive. But save 
for these, and some small dormers on the entrance front— 
windows scarcely larger than eyes, with rounded roofs—the 
roof is a continuous stretch of warm red tile, which forms 
an agreeable contrast with the delicate cream of the cement 
walls of the house. This external color scheme has been 
The loggia and terrace 
quite as well studied as the silhouette, and both, as has 
already been pointed out, are very essential elements in the 
character of the design, which quite obviously owes its inspi- 
ration to Italian models. 
A further study of the exterior discloses another basic fact, 
and it is that the walls of this house are intended to perform 
their natural functions as inclosures for the dwelling and for 
no other purpose. ‘There is no external ornamentation, save 
The entrance door and marquise 
