{"product_id":"1875-russell-erwin-manufacturing-co-builders-hardware-for-residences-catalog","title":"1875 Russell \u0026 Erwin Manufacturing Co. Builders' Hardware for Residences Catalog","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis black-and-white facsimile reproduces Volume 2 of the Illustrated Catalogue of Builders' Hardware issued by the Russell \u0026amp; Erwin Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in May 1875. Founded in 1839 and among the largest American hardware manufacturers of the nineteenth century, Russell \u0026amp; Erwin maintained warehouses in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore and supplied much of the ornamental bronze hardware fitted to the finest private residences and public buildings of the Gilded Age. This volume is devoted exclusively to the company's line of real and compression bronze builders' hardware, building on the firm's original 1870 bronze catalog and reflecting the expanded variety of patterns and finishes that had by then become the industry standard for comparison, competition, and imitation. The catalog offered goods in Light and Dark Bronze, Verde Antique, Gilt, Illuminated, Nickel Plated, Nickel and Black, and Nickel and Gold finishes, with a numbering system that designated each style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog is organized by hardware type, with each item illustrated and accompanied by detailed specifications, dimensions, finish options, patent dates, and prices. Coverage includes extra heavy burglar-proof front door mortise locks with patented steel keys, vestibule mortise latches, New York City pattern front door locks, rabbeted front door locks, mortise night latches, mortise lever locks for hotels and chamber doors, sliding door locks with spring flush pulls, mortise dead locks, and Roberts' Patent Door Bolts for double and folding doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ornamental hardware section presents the company's celebrated real bronze door knobs and escutcheons, including the distinctive medallion patterns (Knight and Lady), Lion and Dog head patterns, Cupid and Dog, Hexagon, Gothic, and round and convex designs, along with lava door knobs and escutcheons in black, brown, and buff for hardwood interiors. Door handles and latches, bank door pulls, bar handles, T handles, lever handles, and crank handles for French windows are illustrated throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional sections cover bell pulls in both patent lever and standard patterns with knobs matching the door hardware lines; sash fasteners, flush sash lifts, bar sash lifts, and hook sash lifts; Russell's patented Anti-Friction Axle Pulleys for heavy sashes; ornamental bronze butts and hinges in fast joint and loose joint varieties; flush bolts for folding doors, latch flush bolts for French windows, mortise flush bolts, barrel bolts, square bolts, and chain door fasteners; shutter bars, shutter knobs, cupboard catches and turns, drawer pulls, coat and hat hooks, letter box plates, and finger or push plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog also notes that Russell \u0026amp; Erwin offered monogram door knobs and bell pulls made to custom order, as well as ornamental and architectural bronze work including panels, mouldings, railings, newels, and balusters, with specimens on exhibition at the firm's New York and Philadelphia warehouses. An essential reference for architectural historians, restoration specialists, antique hardware collectors, and anyone researching the material culture of late nineteenth-century American domestic and commercial architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872388784283,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 358530579567","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_acaf4254-edde-4729-a8bb-6f535bd53a46.jpg?v=1792531835","url":"https:\/\/tangletownpress.com\/products\/1875-russell-erwin-manufacturing-co-builders-hardware-for-residences-catalog","provider":"Tangletown Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}