Salvaging antique hardware from old buildings and using them for other projects is a profitable business. Old bronze hardware, furniture, bath tubs or even antique brass hinges and door knobs are precious and valuable. Architectural salvage companies like the MTI Builders Inc, located in Los Angeles and West Roxbury Historical Society, Located in Boston, MA that deals with art deco or art noveau hardware are popular.
old-fashioned cabinet and such hardware traders sell, antique brass door knobs, bronze door handles or hinges, to hotels, homes and interior decorators who use them to give their places a unique look. Period hardware was handmade in the 70s (or sooner when decorative hardware was made using brass or iron) and is not available anymore. For people who are looking to decorate with period hardware but cannot find the originals, there are a few companies that deal with copies of these antiques called antique reproduction hardware. Whether the home is Colonial, Victorian or a modern home, Embellishing with antique brass or bronze hardware or hand forged iron hardware, they all lend a period and elegant look to the rooms they are used on.
Look for old-time decorative hardware , architectural brass or bronze handles, door knobs or commercially built steel or brass door hinges for a period but unique look.
BP3444-3-Knob Allison Value Hardware Polished Brass
BP19206-G10-Knob Backplate Satin Nickel
