124 VARIATION IN STAIRCASE DETAILS 



FlG. 79. Staircase at Dawtrey Mansion, Pet worth, 1652. 



ness of the newels, the handrail and the string. In the balusters, 

 however, a later touch is apparent, as well as in the upper part 

 of the newels. It is obvious, nevertheless, that the two staircases 

 belong to the same type. 



An interesting staircase both as to date and detail is one at 

 Dawtrey Mansion, Petworth (Fig. 79). It is dated 1652, and 

 while it retains the Jacobean form of finial, not gracefully 

 designed, it has twisted balusters of the kind usually associated 

 with work of fifty years later. It is one of the numerous links 

 which connect the old and the new forms. 



Of the same type as these in essence, although differently 



