Decorative French hardware ... from the Middle Age up to the present time : ... selected from the general catalogue of MM Fontaine & Vaillant of Paris, of which firm the Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. are the sole agents for the United States
A 1911 trade catalogue of decorative French door and cabinet hardware, issued in Paris by Fontaine & Vaillant with Russell & Erwin of New York as sole United States agents, aimed at architects, builders and metalworkers. Each plate arranges knobs, escutcheons, pulls, handles and finials in labelled groups, shown as crisp sepia engravings tagged by period such as Louis XIV and Louis XVI. A designer could draw on the ornate scrolls, rosettes, shells and foliate motifs for metalwork, door furniture or period interiors.
