Horton Brasses Inc. If you decided to build a piece of period furniture, you will need to choose the right hardware. Picking the correct hardware for period furniture may not be so simple. There was a number of period styles and knowing which hardware matches particular furniture style is important. The following table shows the most common hardware pieces belonging to various period styles.
Pendant pulls are teardrop-shaped, usually hollowed in back.
As Queen Anne Styling developed, grace and elegance entered American cabinet shops. Most noted for the cabriole leg, the Queen Anne period is also characterized by shell carvings and lovely curves. Bails on Queen Anne style hardware often followed curves found in the legs and moldings of the period. Simpler back plates were smooth and polished, more elaborate pieces were chased with engraved decorations. Earliest models used brass cotter pins to anchor pull against back plate.