| Antique and vintage style doorknockers are a | | | | Many different doorknocker designs are produced |
| wonderful way to show grace and detail at the front | | | | today - allowing you to incorporate their patterns in |
| entrance of any home. Doorknockers have been | | | | your doors. It is a simple way to incorporate a striking |
| popular in Europe for hundreds of years and have | | | | design element at the front entryway. Doorknockers |
| been found in America since the earliest colonization. | | | | can be either front or rear mounted - with the heavier |
| Architectural and designer doorknockers were | | | | and more expensive knockers found as a rear mount. |
| popularized in the late 1880's and early 1900's, and they | | | | You can also find doorknockers in many different |
| were characterized by form rather than function. The | | | | styles including Colonial, Rococo, Victorian, Art Deco, |
| early 1920's treated doorknockers as more | | | | Craftsman and post modern styles. You can also ask |
| streamlined architecture and precise geometric | | | | an interior designer or other design experts for |
| patterns rather than functional objects. | | | | assistance or look to decorating magazines for |
| Grand doorknockers and door bells are timeless and | | | | additional help. |
| are a welcome addition to any home. These | | | | Hundreds of styles of door knockers are readily |
| architectural elements exemplify simplicity, beauty and | | | | available online as well as in many home decorating |
| tradition. Long before more modern electric doorbells | | | | catalogs. When you work with a doorknocker, be |
| came into fashion, grand doorknockers abounded and | | | | prepared. Search for solid brass or bronze |
| could even help distinguish one flat from another. Of | | | | construction and be sure to ask questions. Will the |
| course, mechanical doorbells were also used in | | | | knocker fit your personal style, but also fit your door? |
| conjunction with door knockers and can still be found in | | | | Is it front or rear mount? What is the hole spacing and |
| many homes today. Door knockers are typically found | | | | will I need to re-drill my door? Many styles of |
| in cast iron, bronze, antique brass and polished chrome | | | | doorknocker hardware can be found online through |
| with the most famous styles found in naturally aging | | | | LookInTheAttic & Company - they also offer free |
| unlaquered brass. | | | | design assistance and help. |