Object Number 1969.2148

Object Name

Door handle (Thumb latch)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

New England or Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Possibly Connecticut or New York.

Date

1750-1800

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

19.882 (H) , 5.472 (W) , 8.858 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.5 (H) , 13.9 (W) , 22.5 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Sonn, Albert H. 1928 Early American Wrought Iron. 1.
• Similar latch on pp. 156-157, plate 62, fig. 1.