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May 7, 2014


 

Due to industrialization and mass production one of the things
I regret is the absence of art in the most humble of essentials.
 
Today we're going to pause and appreciate
the simple beauty of door hardware.
  
 
 

A 9th or 11th Century Persian door hanging
in the LA County Museum of Art.


Dishfunctional Designs


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Elizabeth Farrell


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A New York public school door knob.







Particular Poetry

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My grandfather use to say, "They just don't make them like
that anymore."  I catch myself saying the same thing.

 
Fine America


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Atlanta Homes
Antique hardware was added to a barn door
when it was brought inside the house.



Does your front door reflect your personality?
Maybe it should.

9 comments:

  1. Love all the pics...thanks for sharing! Have a great day and thank you for the follow on my blog.

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  2. When I grow up, I want to live in a vine covered cottage in the woods--with a fabulously ornate front door.

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    1. Don't rush, little eaglet. Adulthood isn't as much fun as it looks. But you bring the cottage and I'll bring the ivy!

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  3. These photos make me all kinds of happy! Thanks for such a beautiful post.

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    1. They are beautiful, aren't they? The front door says so much about your home.

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  4. Beautiful doors, that`s for sure! They all have so much character! Thanks for sharing! :)
    Greetings all the way from England

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  5. These are so beautiful, and it is such a shame that the art has disappeared from many of our everyday objects. I doubt anyone will be drooling over uPVC double glazed doors in the future!

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  6. Do you recall where the double doors shown in picture 7 of 23 are?
    The photos all over your blog are stunningly beautiful. The stuff that dreams are made of...at least mine!
    Leslie (NJ)

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