To her right, a staircase with real oak banisters wound its way to the second story.

One hand rested on the oak banister that, after hours of elbow grease had been applied, shone with a warm patina.

He quickly climbs the steps two at a time, one hand on the oak banister, to the second floor.

But all I could see was the oak banister I used to slide down, and under it, the spindles, stripped of their paint.

My hand tightened convulsively on the heavy oak banister, and then for not the first time I reflected what a marvelous sliding pole it would make.

Here Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky rented his magnificent third-floor apartment, reached by a wide staircase with massive oak banisters.

White marble stairs flanked by solid oak banisters rose in a wide ' spiral up into the darkness.

It was as hard as an oak banister.

Piano legs, oak banisters and a ballet bar became legs for tables and futon platforms.

He pointed at the thick oak banisters that ran up the stairs.