The latter was early Florentine in its decorations with windows which grew narrower as they approached the roof, and a door of wrought iron set between delicately carved posts, and a straight lintel of brownstone.

It was low in height and distinguished in appearance.

In the center panel had been hammered a hand, delicately wrought, thin and artistic, holding aloft a flaming brand.

Ellsworth informed him that this had formerly been a money-changer's sign used in old Venice, the significance of which had long been forgotten.
The interior was finished in highly-polished hardwood, stained in imitation of the gray lichens which infest trees.

Large sheets of clear, beveled glass were used, some oval, some oblong, some square, and some circular, following a given theory of eye movement.