Malacca
Townhouse | 1930's
This was an interesting two storey house in Malacca.
There was no evidence of a main staircase and the only other
route to the 1st floor was a badly decayed set of wooden steps
to the rear of the house restricting us to the ground floor.
The original main stairs to the 1st floor most probably was
a wooden spiral staircase, which would have been an amazing
structure, combining art and engineering into a functional
bit of sculpture. I am told no nails or screws would have
been used in its construction. Because of its quality and
design, these spiral staircases are usually the first things
to be stolen.
Seeing that much of the original decorative features had gone,
an interesting creative piece of art made up for it a little
bit. The art work depicted an orange hand throwing a paper
plane. Clever.
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