Of these, the steeple-topped andirons were perhaps the rarest, while the colonial baluster pattern with ball tops was, without doubt, the most popular and commonly used.
As regards the outline, the stem may be either a plain rod or cylinder, or again of baluster shape--this last but a modification of the double knops that constitute the whole shank of some seventeenth-century glasses.
Bella slid twice down the baluster of the front stairs without being reproved, and Rose Red threw her arm round Katy's waist and waltzed the whole length of Quaker Row.
Some girls who were peeping over the baluster hurried away at their approach.
Presently a rosy, beaming face peered at me over the baluster halfway up the stairs, and Suzanne stole cautiously down, her finger on her lips.
He laid on the broad marble top of the baluster a little chamois-bag.
They saw her leaning against the baluster of the stair, one arm bound tightly to her side, the other resting a revolver barrel along the baluster and glancing down it with a fearless eye.
Along three sides ran a verandah gallery, raised a step or two above the pavement, with a balusterand railing between.
Presently their faces showed over the baluster rail, and another step brought them upon the roof.
She was so excited that she had to hold onto the baluster as she went upstairs, and he came up behind her, with a wax match in his hand.
Lucy, who forthwith tripped on ahead, and looked over the baluster to see why she did not follow.
Prices of iron molds are subject to variation, but the following are representative figures: Plain baluster molds 14 to 18 ins.
A full size wooden pattern of the baluster was set up and the three sections of the box were set around it.
The baluster molds were made in two parts; this proved a mistake--three parts would have been better.
To make these molds a box square in plan and the height of the baluster was constructed of wood and cut vertically into three sections.
The molds for the urns on the railing post and the balls on the end posts were made in exactly the same manner as the baluster molds.
About this ample parterre, the spacious walks and all included, runs a border of freestone, adorned with pedestals for pots and statues, and part of it near the steps of the terrace, with a rail and baluster of pure white marble.
Round the house is a baluster of white marble, with frequent jettos of water, and adorned with a multitude of statues.
While baluster legs for chairs and other furniture were a product of the reign of the first James, we may set down the more elegant spiral twist as an evidence of a better developed taste for which a few leaders were responsible.
This baluster effect had many varieties, but all united in finishing with a square block at the bottom and where the seat-frame met the leg, or where the front stretcher crossed, if it was placed high.
Alas no, economy travels heavily in all ages, so the less expensive baluster turning prevailed.
All of these chairs are of the square construction that endures, and all have baluster legs but of different styles of turning.
The eastern triforium arches are extremely interesting, as they have curious baluster shafts which are recognised as Saxon work.
When the window is of two lights, it is divided by a small baluster or shaft, set in the middle of the wall; this supports an impost, which is generally one stone reaching through the entire thickness of the wall.
The wild spasm passed, she rises to her feet, and stands leaning upon the baluster rail, looking out and listening.
But it is not, as Captain Ryecroft now feels sure, at sight of some floating drapery in the pavilion, with two female heads showing over its baluster rail; one of them with tresses glistening in the sunlight, bright as sunbeams themselves.
When he last saw his betrothed alive it was in that same place, and almost in a similar attitude--leaning over the baluster rail.
When he last saw her she was inside the pavilion, leaning over the baluster rail, breast high; protected by it.
For all, he is enabled to trace the outlines of a figure, in shadowy silhouette--a woman standing by the baluster rail, as if looking out over it.
For a moment the barrister thought, in his agitation, that he must have mistaken the floor, but, casting his eye over the baluster he saw that he had not passed the entresol.
The iron-work of the staircase baluster is worthy of the artist and the magistrate; but to find other traces of their taste to-day in this majestic relic, the eyes of an artistic observer are needed.
His bullet glanced from the baluster rail near Chick, and buried itself in the wall behind him.
Then Chick got a line on Matt Stall from behind the baluster post, and dropped him with a ragged wound in his hip.
Sparkling lead metal; the stem comprising a solid, inverted baluster beneath a massive cushion knop, the base of the bowl nestling firmly within the latter.
A rather similar baluster shape, about 1695, is shown in E.
Heavy and solid inverted baluster with small fortuitous tear; the lead metal a smoky gray with an almost frosted appearance resulting from surface decay.
After a little she went up-stairs holding tight to the baluster with one hand and to Mrs. Herrick with the other.
It cost an effort to send down the cold fiction that she was not at home, and she could not deny herself the consolation of leaning on the baluster of the second landing, and listening for his step in the hall below.
The Court cupboard, also of the same date, begins to show the coming style of Jacobean ornamentation in the turning in the upright pillars and supports and the squarebaluster termination.
Anna leaned on the wide baluster a moment, looking thoughtfully out upon the sea; and as she gazed a new expression stole over her charming face, changing its disdainful warmth to soft regret.
The opening was closed again, the baluster twisted, and it was again opened, the lads pausing before the dark cavity, across which the coloured rays played over a bar of dancing motes.
The baluster seemed to turn half round, and then fly back as if it had a spring at the bottom.
Let's try," said Scarlett; and together they turned and twisted with all their might at every baluster from top to bottom, but without result.
The baluster was twisted; there was the familiar crick-crack; the loose step was thrust back, and the boys stood looking into the long box-like opening.
Fred was quite willing, for his curiosity was excited; so, seizing the baluster with both hands, he gave it a twist.
In the College, Manchester, is or was an ancient chair of the same baluster shape; and a very similar one formerly was to be seen in Agecroft Hall, Manchester.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "baluster" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
