Furniture Hardware

Henry Kellam Hancock

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image titled "Furniture Hardware" by Henry Kellam Hancock. The image contains 14 designs for furniture hardware and decorative elements. The top row has two designs. The top left design is an elongated, horizontally stretched design with two loops at one end and a teardrop-shaped end at the other end, resembling an "S" shape made of two snakes. The top right design shows an oval shape with a hollow center, decorated with leaves around its perimeter. The second row from the top contains a vertical floral design on the left and a horizontal floral design on the right. The third row from the top has a horizontal floral design. The fourth row from the top contains a figurative design on the bottom left with two winged human-like figures standing on a base, and a horizontal design on the right with floral patterns and scrollwork. The fifth row from the top contains two figurative designs on the left of three people standing near a column and two people near a pedestal, and a horizontal design on the right with a wing on each side and floral patterns in the center. The sixth row from the top contains two figurative designs on the left of people sitting and standing near pedestals, and a horizontal floral design on the right. The bottom row contains a horizontal floral design. The background of the image is light gray.