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  • Hinges


    Smaller furniture hinges were used for lighter internal and cupboard doors. The most decorative is the cocks-head hinge, in use in the Elizabethan period and the first half of the 17th century. A simplified form occurs in a Surrey house of 1656, and... Read More »

  • Window Sash Locks


    Symmetrical lines characterize the Colonial style, with two windows on either side of a central doorway, and five windows across the second floor. Influenced by architects in England whose prototypes were being imitated by colonies builders. The infl... Read More »

  • Gate Latches


    The Ishtar Gate consists of an enormous burnt brick entryway situated over the main thoroughfare on the north side of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon, which is now part if Iraq. Constructed circa 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, t... Read More »

  • Knobs


    The furniture knob was less common in earlier periods of furniture construction, which may be explained by their fundamental vulnerability. Robust Medieval and Jacobean furniture was designed to survive harsh conditions and travel. This discouraged... Read More »

  • Kotton Klenser


    Varnishes are used to enhance the colors and to protect a painting from dirt and atmospheric pollutants. Varnishes were traditionally made from natural resins such as dammar, collected from trees (Shorea and hopea) from Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Su... Read More »

  • Studs and Rollers


    In the early part of the 20th century, flat tops were replaced with dull black trunks. Wooden staves disappeared from the exterior and giving way to flat metal bars, canvas was replaced by a tough black synthetic covering, and the flamboyant trim bec... Read More »

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