Figure 24  Detail showing the lower newel and baluster of a staircase in the Leendert Bronck House, Coxsackie, New York, ca. 1738. (Courtesy, Bronck Museum, Greene County Historical Society, Coxsackie; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) The turned components are oak. The stock for the newel was 3 3/4", and the stock for the baluster was 2 1/2".