House & Garden 
THERE IS THIS ABOUT A WINDING STAIRS 
Granted! We have a weakness for winding 
stairs. Every time House & Garden finds a 
picture of one, in it goes! We have published 
almost as many photographs of winding stairs 
as Vanity Fair has of Irene Castle. And for 
about the same reason—they have a rare beau¬ 
ty. There is this about a winding stairs—the 
fine, sinuous curve, the sweep and swirl up¬ 
ward, the delicacy of hand-rail, the slimness 
of turned balusters, the satisfying completion 
of the newel. Below the curve motif is re¬ 
peated in the down grade of another stairs. 
This example—and it is close to being perfect — 
was designed by Welles Bosworth, architect 
