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Furniture Style Glossary: Hardware

Hardware

Brass

Yellowish metal made from copper and zinc.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Jacobean
• William and Mary
• Queen Anne
• Colonial
• Georgian
• Chippendale
• Robert Adam
• Hepplewhite
• Federal
• Sheraton
• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire
• Art Noveau

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Chrome

Grayish-white metal made from chromium.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Art Noveau

Glass

Transparent to translucent.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire
• Victorian

Iron

Grayish-brown metal with a dull finish.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Jacobean
• Early American
• William and Mary
• Colonial
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Robert Adam
• Arts and Craft

Leather

Animal hide, used in strips as pulls.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Early American
• Colonial

Silver

Gray-white metal, that can be highly polished.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• William and Mary
• Robert Adam

Wooden Hardware

Various types of wood, carved or turned.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Early American
• Colonial
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Chippendale
• Hepplewhite
• American Empire
• Shaker
• Victorian
• Scandinavian Contemporary