Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The English Staircase: An Historical Account of Its Characteristic Types to the End of the Xviiith Century
Whether we turn to the wide and simple well-stairs of Eliza beth's reign, or to the richly carved examples of James I, or whether we consider the massive balustrades of Charles II, the dig nied designs of Sir Christopher Wren, or the graceful lines of the Georgian period, we cannot fail to see how varied and yet how beau tiful can be the methods of treating this central feature of the house. The distorted products of the modern joiner's Shop would, one is confident, disappear with a wider knowledge of earlier methods.
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