A knob with unusual polychrome finish. Listed in the Corbin records of special design knobs as made for the New Theatre. It was located on Central Park West at 62nd Street, New York. It open in April 1908 and demolished in 1930. The knob is found in1907 Corbin advertising material and with a different plate in a c. 1927 "Modern Color Treatment Builders' Hardware" 8 page brochure of polychrome finish hardware. For theaters see TDC # 82 for picture of knob & plate. For the history of the building seehttp://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-lost-new-theatre-central-park-west.htm

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“Modern” (catalogue A-32600) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Representational Designs category (Category A) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Corbin, C. 1907. The pattern belongs to the Modern school of ornament.
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