We have recently made some lovely additions to our catalogue, for those of you that are enthralled with ribbings, beaded edges, drooping golden petals and all things ornate and classical!

Enrico Cassina is a traditional Italian hardware manufacturer that has recently joined forces with us – they have been trading since 1850. They were among the first in the Italian market to make hardware that was good for more than opening, shutting and locking doors … that was also a feast for the eye. They have a rich and proud history, not to mention a beautiful range of products!

The Enrico Cassina ornamenture, knockers, lever handles, knobs, and locks are fantastically ornate. Every part of the surface is decorated with either beaded metal, engraved swooping lines, or other lovely radiant classical motifs. While they have their own definite Renaissance, classical flavour, they are also a great match for French architecture. If you have a Louis-style or French Regency style house, be sure to pay attention to the Cassina products. The inspiration for Napoleon’s (and maybe a few other architects’!) Regency style of architecture and hardware was very influenced by classical hardware of exactly the sort that Enrico Cassina makes.

We currently have well over 100 products supplied by Enrico Cassina on the site. You’ll find many of them under the doorknobs, lever handles, pull handles and fingerplates sections of the door furniture reproductions area. Or you can type ‘ECS’ into our handy search box to get them all together (perhaps for a glass of wine and some spaghetti, or whatever classical Italian door handles do, when they get together!). Enjoy!

          

This entry was filed under New Finds. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.