Staircase: square newels, solid and carved

An oak staircase. The newel posts at the turns are thick and square, with spherical or beast-shaped finials; the balusters are short, thick, square or turned posts, closely spaced; the treads are thick, and the stringers are solid carved panels. The staircase ascends around a square well. Avoid: using slender iron balusters, making the staircase a continuous curve, removing the large newel posts at the turns, making the treads thin and light.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段橡木樓梯。轉角是粗大的方形立柱,柱頂雕成球形或獸形的柱頭;欄杆是短而厚的方形或車枳的柱子,間距密;踏板厚實,側板是實心的雕花板。樓梯繞著一個方形的井轉上去。避免:使用細長的鐵件欄杆、把樓梯做成連續的弧形、拿掉轉角的大立柱、讓踏板變薄變輕。