Hewitt
House / Inn Buffalo - Table of Contents
Foyer staircase
Herbert H. Hewitt House - Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood
619 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood - Official Website
2015
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Foyer Stained glass window on porte-cochere side door at bottom of Victorian staircase ... Three details below: Porte-cochere side door detail #1 - Stained glass window on side door at bottom of Victorian staircase . Porte-cochere side door detail #2 - Crown and foliage #3 detail - Face (Aphrodite?) on shell ... Fruit and leaves ... Pairs of C scrolls In Victorian houses, it was fashionable to install a gas, later electric, light on top of the newel post This lamp is a reproduction. Reproduction newel post light Victorian varnished staircase balustrade and paneling Pendant bellflowers on newel post Balusters Acanthus leaves an balusters ... Newel post ornamentation: Acanthus leaves atop bellflowers ... Evidence that the balusters are hand carved: each one is a bit different Staircase landing stained glass windows ... Counterweighted vertically sliding sash windows raise into the upper wall Left panel ... 3 details below: Left panel, #1 detail - Swag Left panel, #2 detail - Swag Left panel, #3 detail - Urn and vine Middle window ... Center medallion ... 4 details below: Middle window, #1 detail - Paired torches ... Ribbons ... Rosette Middle window, #2 detail Middle window, #3 detail - Hand painted, then refired, grotesque Middle window, #4 detail - Hand painted, then refired, grotesque (?) Note wall sconces which are detailed below: Staircase landing window seat Wall sconce with acanthus leaves ornamentation Lincrusta(?) or anaglypta(?) wallpaper |