{{Short description|Handle for opening a drawer}} [[Image:Drawerpulls.jpg|thumb| Bail handle drawer pulls]]
A '''drawer pull''' ('''wire pull''' or simply '''pull''') is a handle to pull a drawer out of a chest of drawers, cabinet or other furniture piece.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
[[Image:ChestOfDrawers.jpg|thumb|upright|left|A highboy full of drawer pulls, backed by eschutcheon plates]] [[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'', Palace of Versailles]]
A drawer pull often includes an escutcheon 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, making a '''drop drawer pull'''. The handle may also be permanently fastened to the plate. The plate may be ornamented by piercing, embossing, or engraving, and may receive decorative finishes such as plating, etching, and antiquing. Handle stock may be round, rectangular, or irregular forged shapes.<ref>Thomas Francis Googerty (1911) ''Hand-forging and Wrought-iron Ornamental Work'', Popular Mechanics Company, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jg4LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=%22drawer+pull%22#PPA159,M1 p. 159]</ref>
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.<ref name=":0" /> Cup, shell, and bin styles are popular versions of the latter, with or without an integral backing plate.
==See also== * Cord pull
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==External links== * [https://www.uh.edu/engines//epi2824.htm Engines of Our Ingenuity No. 2824: A Brass Catalogue]
Category:Furniture Category:Cabinets (furniture)
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