A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 601
Tliis ricrwel is a masnivc compound pier and carricH the vaiilthiK <>f tlii> roof. NEWEL POSTstaircase of the chateau of Chambord. Here,the space inside the newel is occupied at itsupper end by a secondary circular stair. … Open Newel. See Hollow Newel. Usedmost often attributively, as in the phrase,opiMi newel stairs, which are spiral staira builtwithout a newel, the stones supporting oneanother, and having their outer ends built intothe eyhndrieal wall. (Cut, cols. 10:5.% 10:51.) NEWEL POST. A post or…
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