Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 166
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 to thetask. Newel posts offersplendid opportunities to thecarver. The newels shown at Figs.68 and 69 are octagon in sec-tion and are rather elaboratein… … i6o COMMON-SENSE HANDRAILTNG unnecessarily costly, as they entail considerable laborin the making up; particularly is this true of Fig. 68,
Stair building · Hand-railing
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