CATALOG ID: K-21420
Vernacular
This knob used as an example in design patent # D19,533 December 31, 1889 by C.W. & F. H. Andrews. Center design based on Arabic characters. Much of design taken from illustrations by Owen Jones from the Alhambra. SeeThe Doorknob Collector# 178, and related versions of this doorknobK-21400andB-13800.
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“Vernacular” (catalogue K-21420) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Eightfold Symmetry category (Category K) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Mallory Wheeler, circa 1890. The pattern belongs to the Vernacular school of ornament.
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