Handleless and Thin Brass

A hardware treatment for custom millwork. The cabinet doors have no exposed handles, but rather a diagonally cut groove at the edge of the door panel, with a thin piece of matte brass embedded in the groove; when a finger hooks into it, it touches the warm metal. This groove is at the same height on every door panel, forming a continuous horizontal line across the entire surface. The drawers are made in the same way. Avoid: using exposed spherical handles and brass rings, mixing multiple opening methods, having inconsistent groove heights, using shiny electroplated gold hardware.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組訂製木作的五金處理。櫃門沒有外露的把手,而是門片邊緣一道斜切的凹槽,凹槽內嵌著一片薄的霧面黃銅;手指勾進去時摸到的是溫潤的金屬。這道凹槽在每一片門的同一個高度,連成一條貫穿整面的水平線。抽屜的做法相同。避免:使用外露的圓球把手與銅環、混用多種開啟方式、讓凹槽的高度不一致、使用亮面電鍍的金色五金。