Great view of the 1st to 2nd floor stairs and handrail systems , featuring octagon handrail caps , 4" wide ,mahogany handrail, custom carvings on the newel posts below the handrail.
Looking down the hallway you can see how the handrail caps transition from octagon to square as the travel from the 2nd floor up to the 3rd floor. The upper square newel posts also maintain the same carving details on the newel posts.
From the top side you can really see the large a mount of detail in this handrail system, and the amount of engineering need to design the free standing staircase.
Incredible stain glass sky light at the top of the stairwell just adds the perfect finishing touch.
The bottom detail of the newel posts continue through all the way to the 1st floor and is then built into the wall paneling detail...who thinks this stuff up....