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For 35 years Whitechapel Ltd. has supplied woodworkers, interior designers, architects and fine home builders with the finest brass and iron hardware. Styles ranging from contemporary to antique reproduction, our pieces are all sourced from European and American manufacturers.
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Locks - Whitechapel Ltd
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Browse Hardware - Whitechapel Ltd
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Collections - Whitechapel Ltd
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Print Catalog - Whitechapel Ltd
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We stock knobs in wood, brass and iron that range in size...
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Knobs - Whitechapel Ltd
- Catches Latches & Bolts
Catches Latches & Bolts - Whitechapel Ltd
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Hasps - Whitechapel Ltd
- Escutcheons & Backplates
Escutcheons & Backplates - Whitechapel Ltd
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- Early Metal Hinges
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It is easy to guess the nature of man's first hinges. Leather, vegetable or fabric straps or bands are as effective now as they have ever been. If fact in recent times an updated version of this simple hinge has returned to common use, the plastic hinges found on video boxes and countless other cheap mass-produced items is simply the latest re-iter...
The need for a stronger and more precise hinge combined with man's discovery of metals led quickly to the earliest metal linkage. Again simple effective ideas die-hard and the snipe hinge which consists of nothing more than two pieces of wire bent double and linked together still can be found doing duty as hinges in the less developed parts of the ...
While the modern barrel hinge in which two interlocking leaves wrap around the same pivot pin was probably conceived by armorers and silversmiths it would have taken until the middle ages before this development would have had much impact in every day domestic life. For our purposes the barrel hinge appears early enough to all but monopolize this f...
Iron
Hinges could of course be made of almost any metal but in the real world iron and brass have proven to be the best choices. The earliest hinges that have relevance to us were invariable forged from wrought iron. Wrought iron has many attributes that make it a particularly suitable. With primitive equipment and a good deal of skill this malleable material can be formed, cut and hammer welded into anything the heart desires with surprising speed. Once finished a wrought iron product will last a...
Brass
The nature of wrought iron and the methods used to shape it do not encourage fine levels of precision or detail and because of this brass became the preferred material for use on finer furniture during the 17th century and beyond. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc and has some particular attributes that suit it to hinge making and the other hardware needs of furniture. Brass is easily cast, cut, filed and polished. It is neither the hardest nor the softest metal and in an application such...
Aside from the modern European cabinet hinges generically known as 32mm hinges and Soss invisible hinges (neither of which we sell) we sell three types of hinge that differ from the conventional butt hinge. This screen hinge can open both backwards and forwards The double acting screen hinge is a clever pair of interlocking butt hinges. Operating o...
The doors in traditional furniture and cabinetry are almost always inset or flush, meaning the door is in the same plane as the surrounding cabinetry. This was and still is the most common application for a hinge and conveniently also the simplest from the traditional cabinetmaker's perspective. The introduction of mass-produced joinery and pressed...
Suppliers of the finest brass and iron hardware from European and American manufacturers for architecture, interior design, fine woodworking and restoration.
Aug 2, 2021 · Today, Google has formally unveiled its first Whitechapel hardware as the “Google Tensor” chip. For every Pixel phone in the past, Google has turned to Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, most recently...
Founded by an English-born and -trained furniture maker (now based in Jackson, Wyoming), Whitechapel Ltd. carries a full line of beautifully crafted, historic hardware, much of it imported from the UK.
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Feb 3, 2012 · One of the hardware vendors that is always on my short list is Whitechapel Ltd., which offers a lot of quality, hard-to-find pieces. So after some digging through the company’s catalog and web site, I purchased some samples of campaign-style hardware to take a look.
