A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 600
NEWEL AT TOP OF STAIRCASE, BUILDING OF LOUIS XII., IN THE CHATEAU, BLOIS, FRANCE; ABOUT 1300 A.D.Thisnewel is a massive compouud pier and carries the vaultiug of the roof. 1029 .1030 NEWEL POST stairease of the chateau of Chambord. Here,tlie space inside the newel is occupied at itsiipiiev end by a… … Newel of Staircase, Hospital de la Cruz, To-ledo, Spaim ; Early Years of IGth Century. Open Newel. See Hollow Newel. Usedmost often attributively, as in the phrase,open newel stairs, which are spiral stains builtwithout a newel, the stones supporting oneanother, and having their outer ends built…
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