Figure 23  Detail showing the lower newel and balusters of a staircase from the Hendrick Bries House, East Greenbush, New York, 1726-1738. (Courtesy, Van Alen House, Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook; photo, Gavin
Ashworth.) The turned components are probably oak. The stock for the newel was 4", and the stock for the baluster was 2 3/4".