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".