The Hardware Search
Whether you’re looking for an Eastlake-style entry knob in a rare pattern or you need to outfit all but one of your interior passage doors with pyramid knobs, finding vintage or reproduction replacements often becomes a maddening challenge.
If there’s enough original hardware in the house to identify specific patterns (multiples of doorknobs with rosettes, for example), start there. Then decide what expectations you have: Is it more important that replacements look and feel old—with a few imperfections along with some patina—or that the hardware look like and function as
