House and Garden 
From the Glaenzer Garden 
SUPPORTS FOR A BENCH OR SARCOPHAGUS 
from a distance, so as to har¬ 
monize its strong lights and 
deep shadows. The large oc¬ 
tagonal well-head in red mar¬ 
ble, with shields, is meet for 
either a simple nook or for a 
commanding post, so broad 
and telling are its proportions. 
The beautiful Renaissance 
Italian basin, with really good 
decorative sculpture in relief 
along its balloon - shaped 
sides, gains charm when inti¬ 
mately inspected, but it, too, 
on by insistent buyers. From 
being mere curiosities, these 
are gradually becoming famil¬ 
iar to the American public. 
Naturally there is a range of 
many degrees in their quality. 
In old French gardens 
there was reticence in the use 
of marbles, except that urns 
were found on nearly every 
wall and balustrade. Recall, 
for example, the surprising 
number of vases around the 
Medici fountain in the Lux¬ 
embourg gardens. Italian gar¬ 
dens gave scope for benches, 
marble tables, occasional iso¬ 
lated columns, and the nu¬ 
merous other forms of orna¬ 
ment. As the baroque style 
advanced, these Italian gar¬ 
dens became an orderly parade 
ground for regiments of dec¬ 
orative stone or marble pieces. 
In choosing examples of 
foreign garden marbles for an 
American estate, the buyer 
must keep in mind the imme¬ 
diate surroundings the new 
comer is to have. He must 
restrict to a position of man¬ 
ifest importance so elaborate 
a well-head as the old one 
with iron frame and buckets 
from the Glaenzer Garden in 
New \ ork. Such a pompous 
affair should be put where its 
first impression mav be gained 
From the Glaenzer Garden 
AN OLD STONE PIECE FOR HOLDING PLANTS 
From the Glaenzer Garden 
AN OLD FOUNTAIN BASIN OF PINK MARBLE 
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