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A drawer pull (wire pull or simply pull) is a handle to pull a drawer out of a chest of drawers, 
A drawer pull often includes a plate to which the handle is fastened. The handle may swing from one or two mounts ("drop handle" or "swing handle"), making a drop drawer pull. A bail handle is a kind of swing handle consisting of an open loop attached to two mounts. The handle may also be fastened to the plate with
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/ref> Drawer pulls may also be in one piece, either a handle only or a plate shaped into a grip.
Engines of Our Ingenuity No. 2824: A Brass Catalogue
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cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
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or other furniture piece.
A drawer pull often includes a plate to which the handle is fastened. The handle may swing from one or two mounts ("drop handle" or "swing handle"), making a drop drawer pull. A bail handle is a kind of swing handle consisting of an open loop attached to two mounts. The handle may also be fastened to the plate with rivet
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite to the head is called the ''tail''. On installation, the rivet is placed in a punched ...
s, making it immovable. The plate may be ornamented by piercing, embossing
Emboss or Embossing may refer to:
Materials
The term usually refers to several techniques for creating a raised pattern on a material:
*Paper embossing, the raising of paper and other non-metal products using specific tools to accomplish the task
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, or both. The ornament may also be cut on the surface with tools, leaving it sunken into the metal. The stock for handles may be round, rectangular, or irregular forged shapes.Thomas Francis Googerty
Thomas may refer to:
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* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
(1911) ''Hand-forging and Wrought-iron Ornamental Work'', Popular Mechanics Company
''Popular Mechanics'' (sometimes PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do-it-yourself, and technology topics. Military topics, aviation and transportation of ...
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/ref> Drawer pulls may also be in one piece, either a handle only or a plate shaped into a grip.
See also
*Cord pull
A pullstring (pull string, pull-string), pullcord (pull cord, pull-cord), or pullchain (pull-chain, pull chain) is a string, cord, or chain wound on a spring-loaded spindle that engages a mechanism when it is pulled. It is most commonly used in ...
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Engines of Our Ingenuity No. 2824: A Brass Catalogue
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