Victorian Woodturnings and Woodwork

Blumer & Kuhn Stair Co.

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9780486147123
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: History of Architecture

Reproduced from a rare original, this 1893 catalog offers nearly 800 detailed and authentic illustrations of superior-quality woodturnings and woodwork. In addition to its conventional examples, it features varied and unusual models of the Victorian style, including stairs, stair railings and balusters, and newel posts; mantels; turned porch and veranda work; gables and window hoods; ventilators; rosettes and other wooden ornaments; and moldings and interior finish.
An excellent guide for woodturners and cabinetmakers, this volume also provides an inspiring and instructive resource for architects, preservationists, designers, and students of Victoriana.

STAIR PLANS.

Stairs, Newel Posts
Balusters
Stair Railing.

STAIRS, NEWEL POSTS, BALUSTERS, STAIR RAILING, ETC.

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DIRECTIONS NECESSARY FOR ORDERING STAIRS AND STAIR RAILING.

When a flight of stairs is wanted, we should know the height of story from floor to floor, width of joists in second story, width and run of stairs, the size of cylinder, style of base used in the hall, with rough sketch showing about the shape of stairs wanted.

FOR STAIR RAILING, STRAIGHT FLIGHT,

We require the width of rise and step as sawed o...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• INDEX.
• STAIR PLANS.
• HARDWOOD MANTELS.
• Interior Hardwood Finish.