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Sometimes a newel post is just a newel post

August 8, 2007

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photo: Liz Workman

But when that post happens to be attached to Sigmund Freud's banister, shown above, I can't help but think it's compensating for the size of the spindles.

I found the banister in Dr. Johnson's Doorknob and Other Significant Parts of Great Men's Houses, a charming little hardback of historic details.

We once ran an article telling you how to fix a wobbly newel, but I wonder if Freud would have made a similar diagnosis: is the problem simply a loose screw, or some deep trauma it suffered as a young tree?

Posted by Harry Sawyers | Categories: Literature | Permalink
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Wow, it's like a classy version of MTV's Cribs. who else's newels you got there?

Posted by: spindel envy | August 8, 2007 at 04:08 PM

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