Common-sense stair building and handrailing .. (1913)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 159
carvingsinstead of balus-ters. The stringis also carvedwith a runningwreath. Thewhole is nride ofheavy oak. Thework is over twohundred yearsold and is in excellent preservation at this date. A couple of commonplace newels are illustrated atFigs. 65 and 66. The first is simply a turned post withan… … Fig. 66. FOURTH METHOD 159 rake with the line of rail, and has chamfered corners. The ornaments are worked square across the lower and upper faces from the lines of the raking ornaments where they cut the angles of the post. The example of newelshown in Fig. 67 is from theCincinnati school of…
Stair building · Hand-railing
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