Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary.......... Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Hardware / Mounts
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Mounts
The brass handles, escutcheons and other decorative details applied to pieces of furniture. Also turned wooden knobs or carved wooden handles
Drawer handles / knobs / rings / pullsThere is more style consistency in drawer handles, whether of brass, wood or glass, than with any other furniture detail.
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A handle of drawer pull wich hangs down iin a reversed arch or half moon. Introduced in the William and Mary period in England.
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Bat's
wing (bat wing) with bail handle
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Eastlake rectangular-shaped plate with a
variety of chased designs, with angular or curved bail handle Bright, oxidized or nickel-plated cast and stamped brass |
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Embossed
rosette knob
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Embossed
rosette with pendent ring Common in the Sheraton period |
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Lion's
head with pendant ring Brass fitting Common on Sheraton furniture |
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Mushroom-turned
wooden knobs
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Oblong
mount with bail handle Brass fitting Common on Sheraton furniture |
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Oval
mount with bail handle Pearling: A series of rounded forms of the same size, or graduated like a string of beads, used as a furniture embellishment, either in straight lines, arced or swagged.
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Pear-shaped handle
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Pendant ring |
Pressed
glass - Common on Sheraton / American Empire furniture |
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Renaissance Revival wooden pulls |
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Brass fitting The rosettes are
from an inch and a half to two across. Posts with rounded or rosette
heads hold them in place. Plain
type used ca. 1760-1800.
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Rosette
(embossed) with pendent ring Brass fitting |
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Brass
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Used on William and Mary pieces
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Willow mount
with bail handle Common on Chippendale pieces
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Wooden
knobs and handles See "Mushroom-turned wooden knobs" above.
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Escutcheons
Decorative plate surrounding a keyhole, usually of brass, but sometimes of ivory in the Federal era.
Also may be called a "key plate."The keyhole escutcheons with the plain type are either vertical ovals or are circular with small nailing holes top and bottom. The ovals are about an inch and a half high by an inch wide. The circular ones are about an inch and a half in diameter.
With the ornate handles, the keyhole escutcheons have a scrolled outline with arched top and the face has foliage scrolling done in relief. Made of cast brass.
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Used on Queen Anne pieces
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Circular plate escutcheon |
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Diamond-shaped
plate
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Keyhole surround escutcheon |
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Oval
plate escutcheon Common on Hepplewhite pieces |
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Common on Chippendale and other 18th century pieces.
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For case pieces with doors or lids, there was the additional hardware of hinges. There were five designs made in wrought iron and two in brass.
Those of iron were American made, being forged by the local blacksmith of the community where the piece was made.
Brass hinges were imported as were the three types of brass feet used on tables, sofas and some chairs during the Sheraton and American Empire periods.
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