# Drawer pull
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{{Short description|Handle for opening a drawer}}
[[Image:Drawerpulls.jpg|thumb| [Bail handle](/source/Bail_handle) drawer pulls]]
A '''drawer pull''' ('''wire pull''' or simply '''pull''') is a [handle](/source/handle) to pull a [drawer](/source/Drawer_(furniture)) out of a [chest of drawers](/source/chest_of_drawers), [cabinet](/source/cabinetry) or other [furniture](/source/furniture) piece.[{{Cite book |last=Harris |first=Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjwAAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA118 |title=Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan |date=1915 |pages=118 |language=en |chapter=The furniture and cabinet mounts}}][{{Cite book |last=Towne |first=Henry Robinson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tm0JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA925 |title=Locks and Builders Hardware: A Hand Book for Architects |date=1904 |publisher=J. Wiley & sons |pages=925-936 |language=en}}]
[[Image:ChestOfDrawers.jpg|thumb|upright|left|A [highboy](/source/highboy) full of drawer pulls, backed by [eschutcheon plates](/source/escutcheon_(furniture))]]
[[File:Aigle bicephale poignee bibliotheque cabinets interieurs Reine Versailles.jpg|thumb|Drawer pull in the shape of a double-headed eagle, ''[Petit appartement de la reine](/source/Petit_appartement_de_la_reine)'', [Palace of Versailles](/source/Palace_of_Versailles)]]
A drawer pull often includes an [escutcheon](/source/escutcheon_(furniture)) plate to (or through) which the handle is fastened. The handle may swing from one or two mounts ("drop handle" or "swing handle"), a form of [bail handle](/source/bail_handle), making a '''drop drawer pull'''. The handle may also be permanently fastened to the plate. The plate may be ornamented by [piercing](/source/piercing), [embossing](/source/Repouss%C3%A9_and_chasing), or [engraving](/source/engraving), and may receive decorative finishes such as plating, etching, and antiquing. Handle stock may be round, rectangular, or irregular forged shapes.[[Thomas Francis Googerty](/source/Thomas_Francis_Googerty) (1911) ''Hand-forging and Wrought-iron Ornamental Work'', [Popular Mechanics Company](/source/Popular_Mechanics_Company), [https://books.google.com/books?id=jg4LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=%22drawer+pull%22#PPA159,M1 p. 159]]
Drawer pulls may also be in one piece, either a handle only, typically U-shaped or a form of knob, or a plate shaped into a grip.