Door knocker
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A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house or other dwelling or building to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) which is attached to the door by a hinge, and may be lifted and used to strike a plate fitted to the door, or the door itself, making a noise. The struck plate, if present, would be supplied and fitted with the knocker. Door knockers are often ornate, but may be no more than a simple fitting with a metal bob, or ring.
Types
German professor Franz Sales Meyer distinguished three kinds of door knocker: the "ring", the "hammer", and an ornate category which could take the shape of an animal or another figure.[1] High demand for antique door knockers in the early 20th century in the United States caused forged versions to emerge.[2]
Gallery
- A British cast iron door knocker
- "Ring of Mercy" on the Dom (Cathedral) St. Maria. of Augsburg.
- Dragonhead door knockers, Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju, South Korea
- Hamsa door knocker in Morocco
- Angel door knocker in Harderwijk, the Netherlands
- Door knocker in Venice
- Door knocker in Orléans, France
- Door knocker in Haji Bulagi House, Iran
- Door knocker in Behnam House, Iran
- A door in Fez, Morocco with two knockers. Traditionally, one was used by women and the other by men (see top left).
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- Hand-shaped door knocker in Spain
- Lion head door knocker at the Raczyńskich Library
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See also
References
- ^ Franz Sales, Meyer (1896). texts A Handbook Of Ornament: With Three Hundred Plates, Containing About Three Thousand Illustrations Of The Elements, And The Application Of Decoration To Objects. B. T. Batsford. pp. 408–410. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ Atlee Barber, Edwin (January 1910). "Old Door-Knockers". Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum. 8 (29): 5–9. doi:10.2307/3793788. JSTOR 3793788.
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