Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Fred T Hodgson · Frederick J. Drake and Co. · leaf 165
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 … as all the mouldings must be miterecl around the capand the base. The result is not worth the labor, as thearchitectural effect is disappointing. FOURTH METHOD 161 I will close my remarks- onnewels and newel posts by offer-ing a few examples of quaintdesign culled from domestic andforeign sources;…
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