A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 366
ot always liave wlien opening only on thegeneral passages anil main stairw;iy. In its modern construction, the stair of com-mon usage in Great IJritain and the UnitedStates has become less an integi-al i)art of thegeneral construction, and more of a sei)aratepiece of light framing set u]) after the… … STiIRt VSt VI I 1 RI ILU\ (UoRIXK NE) Nl X LASSK (IF 17th GrNTl K^ with L ( AI FtCLLHRUH! oi. Detail. space,—much is to be said in favour of the s]iiralstair, — or some modification of a turning stair,— when not too re.stricted in its dimensions. Thisagain was an early feature retained until…
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