Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Fred T Hodgson · Frederick J. Drake and Co. · leaf 164
itman wasprincipal. This newel wascarved by a young lady, MissLouise Nourse, and is workedto over two inches relief pro-jecting one inch over theborder. The entire heightof a newel is 4 ft. 9 in. It isillustrated here as an exam-ple of what may be done bythe ordinary workman if heonly apply himself… … but I confess I do not like pjg 5^ them; they seem more like pedestals than newels, and are certainly vulgar whenmade up with different colored woods. They are also 160 COMMON-SENSE HANDRAILING
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