elliptical stair
elliptical stair
Winding stair in which the plan of its inside edges is in the shape of an ellipse. See also:
StairIllustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
elliptical stair
A stair which winds about a solid elliptic
newel or elliptically shaped
well, 1.
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An eye-catching
elliptical stair, a device also used at the Ministry of Social Welfare, winds vertiginously to the floors above.
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