From the former 1893 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company building at 1 Madison Avenue in New York City. Shown in the 1894 Yale catalog page 9 as Firenze. In the 1910 Yale catalog the Firenze design is shown with three fleur-de-lis in the center. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information.
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“Mli Co” (catalogue P-46210) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Multi-Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Yale & Towne, circa 1893. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.
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