Salviati made 12 mosaic panels in an ornate Greek style from Garnier's designs.
Eight of the twelve panels are visible in this archival photo.
The mosaics may have been financed by Raphael Bischoffsheim, a Parisian banker whose villa in Bordighera was also designed by Garnier.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 134.
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Italy: Handbook for Travellers. Vol 1. London: Karl Baedeker, 1903. 94.
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