Antique Furniture Hardware
You cannot deny that period furniture has always held an alluring image in the minds of interior designers. It is the dream of every interior home designer to work with an antique theme, be it in a cottage or a villa. The sheer feel of the texture of antique furniture and antique hardware almost instantaneously takes us back to another era in history. It is blending these beautiful pieces of art from the past into current home furnishings that decorators and designers find creativity in.
The list is endless and only our imagination is the limit. Antique furniture hardware ranges from wrought-iron fittings to imperial style door knockers. Each product symbolizes something rich, and it is extremely creative to play around with antique hardware products when furnishing a home. For example, imagine a British Imperial Lion door knocker made of cast iron in all its originality. Imagine again using such a door knocker, perhaps in its improvised brass version, outside your door. Now, wouldn't it add a totally different dimension to your abode
Again, it does not have to stop with the door. Move on inside your home, and imagine changing all the door knobs and drawer pulls to Victorian or colonial style hardware. The cast-iron appearance is sure to bring any furniture to life! Intricate patterns on cast iron have that unique attractiveness about them that any lover of history, or connoisseur of beauty, will find irresistible. It is for this reason that more and more designers are including antique drawer and dresser hardware when creating a new décor.
Black antique door hardware, for example, come in exotic designs, such as Fleur-de-Lyes associated with French monarchy, antique cylinder pull that used to cover the lock on Victorian doors and antique door chains. Adding these antique accessories to a home is sure to enhance its market value. Many dealers are catching up on this trend and restoring antique hardware knobs and pulls. It seems like touching and feeling these antique beauties will reconnect us with important aspects of our priceless history.
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