Looking down the servant stairs at The Elms, in Newport, RI.
For "backstage" stairs, they are quite fancy, but they are dreadfully uncomfortable to climb; the rise/run ratio is way off. Can't imagine climbing up and down those with a full plate of food (which they didn't do, because there was a dumbwaiter).
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