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Frank Allart

Solid brass door, window and cabinet hardware, made and finished by hand in Birmingham since 1914. Pacific Hardware Co. specifies, quotes and supplies the Precision, Select and Originals ranges.

Brass door knob on a dark door
Frank Allart

No. 01 — The maker

A Birmingham workshop since 1914.

George Allart started Frank Allart in a small Birmingham workshop in 1914. The company still makes its hardware in Birmingham, with design, CNC machining and electroplating all done in house.

It makes three ranges: Allart Precision, machined modern designs with textured grips; Allart Select, more than 100 lever and knob designs in traditional, Art Deco and modern styles; and Allart Originals.

Founded
1914, Birmingham, England
Made
Machined, plated and finished by hand in house
Metal
Solid brass
Finishes
More than 30 finishes and patinas
Range
Door, window and cabinet hardware

No. 02 — Collections

Selected collections.

Designs come as levers, knobs, roses and plates, with matching turns and accessories, so one style can run through a whole house.

  • Smooth satin nickel lever on a round rose

    Precision: Smooth

    Plain machined levers and knobs.

  • Lever with a diamond knurled grip

    Precision: Diamond Knurl

    A fine diamond knurl cut into the grip.

  • Lever with a spiral-cut grip and starburst rose

    Precision: Spiral and Starburst

    Spiral cuts on the grip and starburst cuts on the rose.

  • Traditional lever on a shaped backplate

    Select: Traditional

    Traditional levers and knobs on plates and roses.

  • Art Deco lever on a stepped backplate

    Select: Art Deco

    Stepped, geometric designs from the 1920s and 1930s.

  • Modern lever on a plain backplate

    Select: Modern

    Simple modern levers and knobs.

No. 03 — Finishes

Finished by hand.

Twelve of more than 30 finishes, from bright unlacquered brass to dark bronze patinas. Unlacquered finishes age with use. Ask us for finish samples.

  • Polished Brass Unlacquered finish sample PBU Polished Brass Unlacquered
  • Satin Brass Unlacquered finish sample SBU Satin Brass Unlacquered
  • Antique Brass Unlacquered finish sample ABU Antique Brass Unlacquered
  • Dark Antique Brass Unlacquered finish sample DAU Dark Antique Brass Unlacquered
  • Sovereign Brass finish sample SVB Sovereign Brass
  • Imperial Brass Unlacquered finish sample IBU Imperial Brass Unlacquered
  • Hand Burnished Brass finish sample HBB Hand Burnished Brass
  • Polished Nickel finish sample PN Polished Nickel
  • Antique Nickel finish sample AN Antique Nickel
  • Chestnut Bronze finish sample CHB Chestnut Bronze
  • Windsor Bronze finish sample WDB Windsor Bronze
  • Dark Matt Bronze finish sample DMB Dark Matt Bronze

Request finish samples. List the finishes you want under Additional Information.

No. 04 — Close up

Machined and finished.

Levers, knobs and fittings from the Precision and Select ranges, and the city where they are made.

Two nickel levers on round roses against black
A street of red brick buildings in Birmingham
Precision levers in mixed finishes laid out on white
Black lever, knobs and turn laid out on black

No. 05 — How we work

One team from schedule to jobsite.

  • Samples

    Borrow pieces and finish samples to show your client.

  • Matched and quoted

    We match each door, window and cabinet to the right function and finish, then quote every piece.

  • Checked and prepped

    We check handing, backset and prep before anything is ordered, then send prep documents to the door and millwork shops.

  • Packed and labeled

    Every piece is packed and labeled by door, window or room, so the installer knows where it goes.

Photos courtesy of Frank Allart. See the full line card.