As a balance to the Court of Flowers at the east end of the block of
palaces is the Court of Palms at the west end.
The general effect in color of decoration is pink and blue.
The columns are coupled Ionic of smoked ivory, producing a most lovely
effect against the pastel pink walls back of them.
The caryatids lining off the pink and blue marble panels show a soft
flush of pink. (These are by A. Stirling Calder and John Bateman.)
The festoons of fruits at the side of the panels are accented in deeper
blues and soft reds.
Notice the delicate figures on either side the cartouche over the
portals. The pinks and blues are so delightfully combined.
Between the columns, against the wall, are balled acacias.
The Pool in the center of the Court might be called The Pool of
Reflections.
In front of this Court is "The End of the Trail," by James Earle Fraser.
Before you is the end of the Indian race. The poor Indian, following his
long trail, has at last come to the end. The worn horse and its rider
tell a long, pathetic story.
By the entrances are great vases on which in low relief are Bacchanalian
scenes. Satyrs form part of the handles.
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Over the doorways are beautifully colored murals.