abstract:An early-15th-century piano nobile at the [[Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara. Its larger windows indicate its superior status compared to the rooms on the floor below]]
Theornamentationborrowsvariouselements from theHaussmannstyle, especiallythe horizontal stretchers that markthepiano nobile, as well as the proportion of fullness and emptiness.
The five-bedroom pianonobile, or main floor, with its 18-foot ceilings, rare antique pieces and Deco extravagances (such as a gold-tiled bathroom with a swan motif) faces the Grand Canal on one side, an Italian garden on the other.