The woman's book, dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 108
rt andefficacy. The selection of the balusters isso much a matter of individual tastethat there is but little advice to begiven on the matter, except a cautionagainst all heavy effects. Simple, well-drawn newels, slender balusters andhand-rail give the effect of lightnessand strength which stairs… … Staircase in Wadsworth House, Geneseo, N. Y. a return on either side, naturally re-quires totally different treatment. A detail which contributes to thebeauty of the stair is the exposed con-struction on the under side. The oldmethod of smoothing it over with plas-ter and decorating with fresco…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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