Fig. 44 is a stair parts plan of the stairs, showing the double approach. The sketch, Fig. 45, shows the half section of handrail. Fig. 46 shows section of the entablature under steps with the carved pendant under newel; and Fig. 47 shows the top of one of the newels at large.
Stair Parts Fig 44
Stair Parts Fig 45
Stair Parts are used in a stairs finished in this manner are coming into vogue again, and a number of similar ones have been built in our larger cities where cost was only a secondary consideration. Stairs of this kind, to be effective, should be massive in appearance; the newels should be heavy and the carving done in the solid, The newels in the example shown, are rather light in appearance, but the whole mass is quite impressive. The details, Stair Parts Figs. 45, 46 and 47, are left to a larger scale than the main illustration so that the workman may the easier enlarge and copy them for actual work, if he so desires.
Stair Parts Fig 46, 47 (from left to right)
Stair Parts Fig 48
A flight of stairs with newels, having carved balustrade, strings and newels, is shown at Stair Parts Fig. 48.