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History of Garden Art
anew by Abbas the Great after a fire, at the end of the seventeenth century, but the
garden kept to its old ground-plan: inside a rectangular wall stands the pavilion, almost
in the middle; at its narrow side in front is a fore-hall with a heavy wooden roof sup-
ported on three rows of pillars, six to a row." A narrow canal flows round the whole of
the pavilion, cutting it at both ends; issuing from the terrace of buildings, a very wide
canal passes through the whole garden, which is mapped out in regular beds, with
FIG. II7. ASHRAF, PERSIA—GROUND-PLAN OF THE GARDENS
avenues between. One of the rooms inside has an alcove adorned with decorations that
recall the Byzantine Golden Triclinium. "Over the whole field of ornamentation there is
a smooth raised surface, kept in place by strongly-rooted trees, on which are leaves and
bunches of flowers. In the branches sit bright birds of many colours and curious appear-
ance." Very likely most of the pavilions were the same.
Chardin also describes the palace precincts outside the town, the pavilions, and the
great quantity of water, saying that "so much water flowing in these grand palaces makes
one feel it is fairyland." The gardens are arranged in long avenues, and have beds filled
with flowers. He considers an eight-sided pavilion of two stories very wonderful, for
History of Garden Art
anew by Abbas the Great after a fire, at the end of the seventeenth century, but the
garden kept to its old ground-plan: inside a rectangular wall stands the pavilion, almost
in the middle; at its narrow side in front is a fore-hall with a heavy wooden roof sup-
ported on three rows of pillars, six to a row." A narrow canal flows round the whole of
the pavilion, cutting it at both ends; issuing from the terrace of buildings, a very wide
canal passes through the whole garden, which is mapped out in regular beds, with
FIG. II7. ASHRAF, PERSIA—GROUND-PLAN OF THE GARDENS
avenues between. One of the rooms inside has an alcove adorned with decorations that
recall the Byzantine Golden Triclinium. "Over the whole field of ornamentation there is
a smooth raised surface, kept in place by strongly-rooted trees, on which are leaves and
bunches of flowers. In the branches sit bright birds of many colours and curious appear-
ance." Very likely most of the pavilions were the same.
Chardin also describes the palace precincts outside the town, the pavilions, and the
great quantity of water, saying that "so much water flowing in these grand palaces makes
one feel it is fairyland." The gardens are arranged in long avenues, and have beds filled
with flowers. He considers an eight-sided pavilion of two stories very wonderful, for