
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
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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.
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