EditorialStaircase model Double-revolution stairway model, cherry (wood), Double staircase model with double revolutions and banisters., France, 18501900, models and prototypes, Decorative Arts, Staircase model Double-revolution stairway model.
EditorialSide?Chair, Mahogany and ash, 34 ? 19 ? 18 1/8 in. (86.4 ? 48.3 ? 46?cm), Compared to the ornate furniture of the generation before, the new fashions in the Federal period resulted in decoration that was more restrained. On this chair, reeding provides...
EditorialSpiral staircase in the inner courtyard of Blois Castle Inside view of this most famous winding staircase, constructed about 1515. On the banisters the salamander of Francois I and the ermine of his Queen, Claude de France.
EditorialSpiral staircase in the inner courtyard of Blois Castle Inside view of this most famous winding staircase, constructed about 1515. On the banisters the salamander of Francois I and the ermine of his Queen, Claude de France.
EditorialRichly sculpted portal of Troja Palace, Prague. Giants carry the balcony; statues above banisters show the " Gigantomachy", the fight between Giants and gods (1679-1685) .