Villa Silvio Pellico, New Garden Layout RP/1/10/27/2

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 October 1958, marked ‘Villa Silvio Pellico, Mise au point du nouveau jardin.’ The most detailed of the Villa Silvio Pellico plans, dimensions are included (although in places annotations indicate that these might not be exact). There is also a cross section of the ‘coupe de canal’ in the east garden. The locations of sculptures are indicated, as are trees, plants and pea gravel in the pathways. The bottom garden to the south is marked as being lawn (‘Gazon du ?’); this would later be changed to a low decorative maze made of box hedges (see RP/1/10/27/4).

A classical garden arranged across a variety of levels, Page’s design for Villa Silvio Pellico, an 18th-century villa close to Turin in northern Italy, demonstrates his remarkable ability to perfect his design according to the site.