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Fleur de lis pattern.  From the Daughters of Isabella Building in Chicago, one of the first buildings designed by the architectural partnership of Jenney and Mundie.  SeeThe Doorknob Collector#17 (photo below).  The first floor hardware was cast of aluminum and the other floors were made of brass using a custom plate and related hardware that later became Yale's Cologne design, using a different doorknob. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information

Specifications

School / Style
Vernacular
Manufacturer
Yale & Towne
Circa Dates
1893
Classification
Category C
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C-11600

About this record

“Vernacular” (catalogue C-11600) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Odd Shaped Knobs category (Category C) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Yale & Towne, circa 1893. The pattern belongs to the Vernacular school of ornament.

Moving off a platform we had outgrown

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