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The Stair Wall and Its T reatment 
(Continued from page 31) 
contiguous woodwork. Fur¬ 
thermore, the use of paneling 
implies some degree of cor¬ 
respondence with the design 
of the rest of the woodwork, 
and especially of the stair 
rail and spindles, so that it 
can easily be seen how inap¬ 
propriate good paneling 
would be with a marked dis¬ 
parity in the quality of the 
accompanying features. 
For the embellishment of 
stair and hall walls, where 
the stair rail, spindles and 
other wood trim are of dig¬ 
nified and acceptable lines, 
paneling is to be heartily re¬ 
commended. If the stair 
wall presents a large expanse 
of surface and, even after 
the application of paneling, 
seems a trifle too severe, 
some further enrichment may 
be added within the panels. 
One case occurs to mind 
where just such a paneled 
stair wall, of a somewhat for¬ 
mal and stately character, 
was agreeably adorned with 
a series of 18th Century por¬ 
traits in oval frames of uni¬ 
form size and design. The 
subjects and the treatment 
of the canvases and the sim¬ 
plicity of the frames all 
admirably with the restraint and ele¬ 
gance of the architectural setting. 
Picture this stair wall without the cord 
hand rail. Action and color are given the 
stairs by its presence. From the residence 
of T. C. Gilsey, Esq., at Great Neck, L. I. 
W. O. Chapman, architect 
accorded and well-considered low paneling, as in 
the Lee house at Marblehead, to quote 
an especially well-known instance, it is 
When a stair and hall wall are paneled inadvisable to make the free wall space 
only to a height corresponding to the above the low-paneled base a vehicle for 
height of a chair rail, as in many houses decoration. Far better keep it perfectly 
of Georgian type, the plain space above plain and let it serve as a foil to focus 
the paneled base may well be devoted to attention upon the fine woodwork, which 
decoration in the form of one of the 18th deserves it and is an adequate decoration 
Century landscape papers, either poly- in itself. Although the walls of such 
chrome or gray with classic architectural stairways are sometimes enriched with 
features and abundant verdure. Such landscape paper or other ornament, it 
paper, however, requires a large expanse always seems to surfeit the eye and to 
of wall to appear to any advantage and detract from the appreciation which the 
would be out of place in restricted com¬ 
pass. As an alternative to the landscape 
paper, one might, where the spacing of 
quality of the woodwork merits. 
The Adam Stair Wall 
Another kind of stair wall of a strong- 
the stair wall will permit it, use a suc¬ 
cession of the Cupid and Psyche panels, ly marked 18th Century architectural 
after the cartoons by David, which are type demands to be let severely alone to 
being reprinted in gray from the original fulfill its appointed function of back¬ 
hand blocks used in producing these ground and foil to the stair rail; any 
masterpieces of 18th Century design. transgression of this rule will inevitably 
When a Georgian staircase of the type result in a muddled, faulty and weak 
under discussion has richly turned spin- composition. As may be imagined, this 
dies, carved brackets beneath the treads is a stair wall in a house of Adam style. 
The stair balustrade, whether 
of turned wood or of wrought 
iron, is usually of a design so 
exquisitely chaste and deli¬ 
cately designed that it re¬ 
quires a background of the 
severest simplicity. Indeed, 
it would be an unwarranta¬ 
ble piece of impertinence to 
attempt to add the least 
decoration to the face of a 
stair wall that is so obvious¬ 
ly a background and nothing 
else. Of course, such a stair 
wall will be painted in some 
light and suitable color to 
throw the lines of the railing 
into sufficient relief. If the 
stair wall space is of such 
extent that its extreme plain¬ 
ness seems to be a bit too 
austere, a ready relief, thor¬ 
oughly in keeping with tire 
Adam architectural genius, 
may be obtained by intro¬ 
ducing a coved niche or two 
at a turn or landing, wherein 
a bust or statue or classic 
urn can be set. 
Again, if there is an intri¬ 
cate wrought-iron stair rail¬ 
ing in a hall of French or 
Italian Renaissance type, a 
plain and unadorned stair 
wall is altogether appropri- 
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Tebbs 
Because the other decorations of this hall¬ 
way are Colonial, the old clock and the 
succession of small historic prints are 
suitable. Hollingsworth & Bragdon were 
the architects 
