HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, iqio 
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Some of the finest craftsmanship of 
Colonial times was put upon the 
wood carving of the spiral newels 
In the old farmhouses, for the sake of 
warmth, the main stairway was made 
with the smallest possible well and 
often closed with a door 
A favorite method of securing variety 
in the Colonial stairway was to em¬ 
ploy three baluster patterns 
An unusual combination in a house de¬ 
signed by Mr. Wilson Eyre, where 
the well is closed in for the greater 
part of its length 
Characteristic Staircase Types 
Where the space is available there is hardly a more 
imposing stairway arrangement than that in which 
the main flight divides into two parts on a broad 
landing 
English half-timber work used as a form of stair 
hall decoration 
A most interesting California stairway that comes down directly 
into the living-room. The wood is left in its natural color 
It is hard to conceive of a more graceful type of stairway than 
where the flight follows the semicircular end of a hall 
