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‘Chinese’ Staircases in North-West Wales Case Study

  Figure 1: The ‘Chinese’ staircase at Trefeilir, probably photographed in the 1930s, showing the main balustrade of the staircase with its latticework patterns. DI2011_1010, NPRN 15898. © Royal...

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‘Chinese’ Staircases Case Study: Three Examples

Figure 2: Tan-yr-Allt in Bangor in 1987. DI2013_0662, NPRN 16895. © Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Three Examples This section of the case study focuses on three...

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‘Chinese’ Staircases Case Study: A Local Style

Figure 12: The ‘Chinese’ staircase at Bishopsgate House, showing the first floor landing. The stylised wave design carved into the tread ends is just visible in the bottom centre of this image....

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‘Chinese’ Staircase Case Study: The ‘China Craze’

The ‘China Craze’ From the start of this case study the staircases under consideration have been identified as having a ‘Chinese’ or ‘Chinese Chippendale’ design. This is primarily because they are...

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‘Chinese’ Staircase Case Study: Conclusion

Figure 23: The main staircase at Tan-yr-Allt, photographed in 1995. DI2011_1033, NPRN 16895. © Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Conclusion: The East India Company and...

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‘Chinese’ Staircases Case Study: Bibliography

Bibliography Ayres, J. Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500 – 1850 (New Haven, Connecticut; London: Yale University Press, 2003) Barnwell, R. and Suggett, R. Y Tu Mewn i Gartrefi...

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‘Chinese’ Staircases in North-East Wales Case Study

This case study examines a group of ‘Chinese’ staircases built within the fabric of three different house interiors in north-east Wales in the 1750s and 1760s. It locates these ‘Chinese’ staircases...

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