January, 1911 
built of the same enduring ma- 
terial are placed along this ter- 
race as shown in one of the ac- 
companying photographs. A 
frieze of terra cotta sculpture 
decorates the interior of the 
wall, dealing mostly with child- 
hood and nursery scenes, one of 
which is in the form of a medal- 
lion showing an infant and a kid 
butting heads in play. The 
house is built of terra cotta, 
cement and concrete, and is 
practically fireproof. The elab- 
orate portal at the front door- 
way is supported on two bronze 
hgures standing on metal col- 
umns. Before the front door 
there is a small bronze figure 
of an Italian artist with his 
back toward the visitor stand- 
ing apparently before an easel 
on which is painted “Salva,” the 
Latin word for Welcome. The 
reception hall has a high panel 
wainscoting which is _ hand 
carved in a plain but artistic manner. From the ceiling 
in the center of the hall, is suspended a handsome, hand- 
made bronze chandelier. At the top of the wainscoting 
at each corner of the hall, there is a decorative structure 
of Abalone shells, ground to transparency and set before a 
group of electric light, which shed a soft and pleasant glow 
over the entire room. Shells of the same kind are also 
set in the double 
walls, with light be- 
hind, producing an 
artistic effect. To 
the right of the hall 
is built the living- 
room some forty 
feet in length, a 
view of which ac- 
companies this ar- 
ticle. 
On the north 
wall of the room is 
an elaborate clock 
representing some 
of the aspects of 
ideal home life, 
with the hour and 
minute hands con- 
sisting of little cu- 
pids which revolve 
about the ornate 
dial, each hour be- 
ing marked by two doves instead of the usual cuckoo. The 
woodwork of the room is colored and finished in a sub- 
dued dark brown tone, produced by the staining and the 
scorching of the material. To the left of the hall is a 
music room of almost equal dimension, which has the same 
decorative effect, except that there are no high wainscot- 
ings. The walls of this room have semi-precious stones, 
such as the opal, and the matrix, matrix-turquoise, and the 
A sea-nymph discovering pearls in a shell 
Lamps of artistic design, and a card tray 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 19 
lapis lazuli, set in mountings of 
silver and of bronze. ‘These 
form a diamond pattern effect, 
with the light flashing on the 
polished gems. Similar effects 
are obtained in the living-room 
and the hall by using the 
mother of pearl and abalone 
shells in a like manner. A 
hand-carved table occupies the 
center of the room, and on sev- 
eral stands and brackets there 
are to be found numerous 
bronzes, several of which are 
illustrated by the half-tone en- 
gravings. Much attention has 
been given to the detail and the 
designing of the furniture 
throughout the house, and even 
the piano in the music room is 
made to conform to the sur- 
roundings, and is mounted with 
stones similar to those placed in 
the walls. 
The hall forms a direct ac. 
cess to the owner’s bedroom, 
where the general scheme of the house is repeated. This 
bedroom connects with a private bathroom in the rear part 
of the house by a separate passage. A staircase rises from 
one corner of the living-hall, to the gallery, which extends 
about the dome, where accommodations for another bed- 
room are provided. From this gallery, doors open onto 
the roof-garden, which is provided with growing plants 
and vines, which 
form: say 9s Geren 
for the enjoyment 
of out-door life. 
These rooms cre- 
ate a circle about a 
small interior court 
or patio, which is 
uncovered except by 
the arbor on which 
there are growing 
vines. This court 
has settles and an 
ornate table of fine 
cement and bronze 
work. On its south 
wall there: “is a 
fountain which de- 
picts the allegorical 
birth of Venus, and 
shows a_ beautiful 
woman rising from 
the sea on a huge 
shell, from which the water still drips. At one end of 
the shell is a diminutive cupid handling an oar in the navi- 
gation of the strange craft. This beautiful vision can be 
seen from the interior by means of the large French win- 
dows which open into the court. 
The views and the details show the adaptability of this 
delightful home to its “surroundings and the fulfillment of 
the ideals evoked by the artist for his studio. 
