A practical treatise on handrailing : showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch of the plank, drawing the moulds, bevelling, jointing-up, and squaring the wreath
A practical 1890 London handbook by George Collings, published by Crosby Lockwood and Son, written for carpenters and joiners learning stair handrailing. The pictures are plain line diagrams of plank layouts, moulds and curved wreaths drawn with lettered reference points, giving a designer clear examples of geometric construction and stair-curve forms.
