Instructions for the adornment and embellishment of dwelling houses: entitled interior decoration, illustrated with numerous designs and examples of appropriate colours in chromo-lithography / by Owen W. Davis. (1886)
Owen W. Davis · Winsor & Newton · leaf 18
THE APARTMENTS OF A HOUSE. 13 THE STAIRCASE. As in the hall, breadth of treatment is here most desirable, therefore the staircase may bear a similarity to it in design ; observing, meanwhile, that the decora- tion must incline towards that which may be expected in the adjacent apartments. The… … No. 1.—A STAIRCASE Dabo. lost upon it; but in all cases the richer part of the scheme should be developed on the landings. A strongly-pronounced dado, of the hand-rail height, is not to be recommended ; it reduces the apparent width of the gangway, emphasises the rake of the stairs, and disturbs…
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