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Price: Ancient Brass   157.97 $ Antique Bronze   151.77 $ Antique Copper   171.91 $ Antique Silver   182.75 $ Black Nickle   178.10 $ Brass PVD   198.23 $ Bright Brass   144.03 $ Bright Nickle   165.71 $ Chrome   171.91 $ Copper   178.10 $ Gold Plated   192.04 $ Old Gold   165.71 $ Old Gold PVD   212.17 $ Pewter   171.91 $ Polished Brass   136.29 $ Satin Brass   151.77 $ Satin Chrome   178.10 $ Satin Nickle   165.71 $ Silver Plated   192.04 $ Handling time: 30 days  Quantity:   Weight: 0.30 kg Dimensions: Knob 35 x 65 mm, Rose 45 mm Description: With a beautiful intricacy and a grand design, these antique style brass handles bring a sense of occasion to every opening of your door. Their oval shape gives them an elegant profile while making them easy to use, and their petite size makes them easy to place on all types of door, including wardrobes and cabinets if you wish.

In 1850, before the Kingdom of Italy had been united, the firm Enrico Cassina was founded in the city of Milan - an important economic and cultural centre in the Kingdom of Lombardy and Veneto.
The architectural physiognomy of many cities was very different from what we know today: in Milan the Central Station was not yet built, in Paris there was no Tour Eiffel, and in New York the landscape was empty of the Statue of Liberty.

The strong desire for renewal, started only two years before by the revolution culminating in the “Five Days” clashes is the characteristic aspect of the firm Enrico Cassina. Until 1850 doorhandles were manufactured by blacksmiths, the craftsmen who built and put the hinges and bolts on doors. These very simple handles met only functionality standards.
 

The young Enrico Cassina was the first to sense the opportunity to forge different and refined shapes for the handles, which had an innovative functional mechanism and were also able to embellish the doors. Enrico Cassina's intuition soon proved to be successful. The blacksmiths absorbed the whole of production for the new firm and even started to ask for new models. 

As a matter of fact, a new market was invented.
 

Enrico Cassina’s fame stirred him to constantly research new products and methods of caring for them Meticulous manual manufacture actually created pieces which could be defined "only copies extant". 
 

Today Enrico Cassina's original products are still decorating doors and windows of historical buildings like the Teatro alla Scala and the Palazzo Marino in Milan. Even abroad, Cassina's manufactured articles decorate the doorframes of many important buildings in Paris, Vienna and London, contributing to their famous beauty. The fame of the Cassina brand has reached overseas, and his products decorate exclusive buildings in the USA, as well as some of the most famous hotels in the 5th Avenue in NY.

The reason for the success and prestige of the historical brand includes the particular care for the details during the manufacturing of the products, and the skill in handicraft handed down from father to son.

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