Our doors and windows : how to decorate them . screeninga part of the stairs is to allow the first run of the flight to remain exposed in theusual way, and as one reaches the landing whence the second run extends, to con-trive so that one finds himself in a half-screened recess, from one side of whichhe can look down upon the hall below and remain unseen, if the screen or curtainsare sufficiently heavy. The screenis formed by the balusters of the fi ,stair-rail, and above them, spindlework. This open work is carriedabout a frame or window-like open-ing large enough for a shelf and afew plants,
Our doors and windows : how to decorate them . screeninga part of the stairs is to allow the first run of the flight to remain exposed in theusual way, and as one reaches the landing whence the second run extends, to con-trive so that one finds himself in a half-screened recess, from one side of whichhe can look down upon the hall below and remain unseen, if the screen or curtainsare sufficiently heavy. The screenis formed by the balusters of the fi ,stair-rail, and above them, spindlework. This open work is carriedabout a frame or window-like open-ing large enough for a shelf and afew plants, or, if that is inadvis-able, the space may be curtainedwith soft silk. A great manypatterns are possible with theselittle scraps of wood, and if thesubject were not so well writtenup already, I should indulge in abit of historical reminiscence inwhich Egypt of the fifteenth andsixteenth century would form thecentral feature ; for to that timeand that country we are indebtedfor this most decorative elementof spindle work. — The Art No. 46.
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