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Common-sense stair building and handrailing .. (1913)

Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 167

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Fig. 80. Samples of spi-ral balusters, withrail, newel, stringand drop, areshown at Fig. 81.In this examplethe balusters are i66 COMMON-SENSE HANDRAILING shown rein-forced by bentiron scrollwork; this hasa charmingeffect in manycases, and Iknow of one in-stance, in NewYork City,where the scrollwork… … Fig. 83. Fig. 82. work in the hall was alsocream-colored, and the lightfrom the outside passedthrough amber-colored glass.Another style of baluster,newel and string is exhib-ited at Fig. 82. The newelis formed at the first plat-form, there being three risersup to the platform. Thebalusters are…

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