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Title: Building with assurance
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Morgan Woodwork Organization
Subjects: woodwork -- catalogs domestic architecture -- catalogs furnishings -- catalogs Division 06 Division 12 wood posts and columns wood stairs wood railings base and shoe moldings exterior wood door frames wood door and window casings dining tables and chairs lamps couchws and loveseats art glass
Publisher: Morgan Woodwork Organization
Contributing Library: MBJ collection

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e,its hinged top opening on a convenient recep-tacle for rubbers, overshoes, roller skates, (andwhat not!), and above this a convenient mir-ror set into a panel of the wall, opposite an um-brella stand and a row of pegs for caps andsweaters, and with a wire mat and an inexpen-sive rug on the floor, your vestibule will befurnished. Of course, however convenient and well-intentioned the vestibule is but a substitutefor the hall proper, and more and more arepeople choosing that type of house which hasa hall from which the more important recep--tion rooms radiate. Where privacy is desired,the hallway is invaluable as a means of com-munication between the different parts of thehouse, as each room may be completely shutoff from the others. With small families thisis perhaps unnecessary, and here the ownermust exercise his or her individual taste. The Hall An ideal hall is one which forms an imposingunit with the staircase, that rises from it andwith which it is intimately connected. 10 ^z^^
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Reproductions of Colonial hallways are muchin vogue at present and the combination ofwhite enamelled panels and mahoganized railsand skirting is both striking and delightful, es-pecially if the staircase carries out the idea,with rich red in handrail, newel post andtreads, and cream white balusters, uprights andside panelling. How many staircases appear to have beendesigned merely as a means of ascending to theupper story. The stairway may be (and shouldbe) made one of the interesting features ofthe Home. Three types of stairways are found practicalin the modern home—the straight flight,the curved, and the platform or landingstaircase. With the first we are all familiar. The long,narrow hall seems to demand the straightColonial flight, and for this the ideal choice iswhite woodwork and mahoganized handrailwith slender balusters. The curved staircase, a development of theearly spiral stair, though graceful, dependsfor its successful treatment upon the designand proportion of the curv

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