Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 154
olonial house of the earlier period; in fact, it would do for almost any period of Colonial architecture. The sketches shownat Figs. 53 and 54 ex-hibit styles of stairs,newels and balusters in Elizabethan style. The balusters in Fig. 53 aresquare, and those running down the strings are workedon a… … 148 COMMON-SENSE HANDRAILING French work. It shows three balusters on each treadand carved brackets under end of nosing of treads.The plan of the rail is shown in the sketch at 3. Thebalusters are turned spiral, as will be seen. Analternate baluster is shown at No. 2. I have given the proportion of…
Stair building · Hand-railing
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