The baluster design used for architectural ornamentation is widely considered to have begun by Renaissance architects. Photo by Marco Ravenna / Archivio Marco Ravenna / Mondadori Portfolio / Hulton Fine Art Collection / Getty Images (cropped) Villa Medici in Poggio a Caiano, Italy, 15th Century.
Let's see how this room was designed by looking at some architectural history. The room shown here seems so inviting and contemporary, yet its sense of order and decoration comes directly from the Renaissance era. Still confused? Flip through these photos to discover the history and possibilities. Many people today call the whole system a banister and anything between the rails is a baluster.
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General Services Administration (GSA) calls the handrail, footrail, and balusters all components of a balustrade, even though a balustrade is technically a series of balusters. What do we call the whole railing system along a balcony or on the sides of stairways? The U.S. So, the banister is really the spindle, which would not be such a smooth ride sliding down the "baluster." "Baluster" has come to mean any brace between the handrail and footrail (or string) of a railing system. Are you confused yet?Ī baluster is really a shape that became an architectural detail. Balusters are any variety of pomegranate-flower-shaped objects, including baluster vases and jugs. The word "banister" comes from the word baluster, which is really a pomegranate flower. Remember when you were a kid and you slid down the banister, coming to an abrupt stop at the bottom of the stairs when you hit that newel post? Come to find out that technically it wasn't a banister at all.
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