Wreathed Handrail
A geometrical staircase with hand carved wreathed handrails is a creation of exceptional beauty and the craftsmen who produce it take pride in their work. The entrance hall is the focal point of any house or building and visitors will always be delighted to see the flowing continuous handrail and will not be able to resist running their hands along it. It will indeed make a grand entrance.
The complex geometry to produce wreathed handrails has been developed by various master craftsmen over many years. A milestone in the development of handrailing was the introduction of the face mould by mathematician Peter Nicholson. In his book of 1826 PRACTICAL CARPENTRY, JOINERY, AND CABINET-MAKING, he says; “The whole art of handrailing depends on finding the section of a cylinder to pass through three given points on its surface”.
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