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The undeclared war between the opponents and proponents of ornament has lately come to some kind of truce. This has allowed for a creative outpouring in the luxury hardware market of beautifully crafted latches, levers, pulls, knobs and handles. Louis Postel shares some nautical expressions of “form follows function.” HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO
Lalique crystals set off the enamel palm-frond motifs surrounding knobs from THG’s Masque de Femme collection. $7,200, www.thg.fr
As geometry evoked Montoya’s Art Deco fittings, the nature-inflected curves of the prior Art Nouveau movement of 1890 to 1910 inspired these Ergo Heroic pulls. They are cast in modern-looking stainless steel using the traditional lost wax process. $2,300, www.martinpierce.com
GET A GRIP Interior designer Juan Montoya deserves a lot of credit for bringing Art Deco from kitsch to classic. His design for Lady Elizabeth and his new line of pulls and latches for P.E. Guerin, such as this reeded cabinet knob, are no exception. $375 each, www.peguerin.com
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HOLE IN ONE Artist/designer Pamela Anderson had trouble finding pulls she liked for her new sleek kitchen. Finally, after much searching, she had a Eureka moment with her flush-fitting hardware, which she now manufactures in collaboration with her husband, an engineer. $95, www.contemporarypull.com
Designer Anagha Dandekar founded her hardware company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, using master Indian blacksmiths to hand-forge and apply patina with a torch to her line of recycled cast bronze pieces, such as the Cayman Royale. $2,700, www.hardwarerenaissance.com
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