Neutra / Bakersfield

Behind all that greenery is the Davis House by Richard Neutra, in Bakersfield, CA, 1937

I wonder what the story is with the light fixture?

Vintage Julius Shulman shot of the Davis house. 

Source: Neutra, Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht, Peter Gössel

Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute

Photo: Julius Shulman, Neutra. Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht, Peter Gössel