Art Nouveau balustrade

A fragment of a decorative brass balustrade with a chestnut leaf pattern from the staircase in the Medical Society House at 4 Radziwiłłowska Street in Krakow. The Art Nouveau balustrade is one of the elements of interior design made by Stanisław Wyspiański at the request of Dr. Julian Nowak. The staircase is painted yellow and decorated with a golden frieze of chestnut leaves and flowers. The chestnut leaf motif was repeated in the brass balustrade. Wyspiański also designed interior finishing elements for the Society, including floors and polychromes, as well as furnishings, chandeliers and stained glass windows.