Gallery
Hardware at Work
Installed Brandywine hardware, early examples of the real stuff, barns and outbuildings, and a few drawings from the shop. Click any image to enlarge.
Grinding hot steel in the Brandywine Forge shop
Stone springhouse in south-east Pennsylvania
Shutter held open with forged hardware
Brick home with functional raised-panel shutters
Pennsylvania stone farmhouse with working shutters
Coastal Florida home with storm shutters
Stucco colonial with green shutters
Forged ring and hardware on early brickwork
Federal-style house with green shutters
Paneled shutter swinging on a heavy pintle
Louvered shutters on a brick facade
Hand-forged shutter dog holding a shutter open
Townhouse entry with black shutters
Porch lined with louvered shutters
Brick house with white paneled shutters
Forged slide bolt on a green shutter
S-shaped shutter dog on red brick
Forged strap hinges and ring pulls on the bench
Brick townhouse with functional black shutters
The old stone blacksmith shop
Fort Jefferson lighthouse, Dry Tortugas — stainless hardware
Howell House, Panama City — 2016 Palladio Award
36 Coming Street, Charleston — Carolopolis Award
Colonial shutters, Independence National Historical Park
Lafayette Dutch door with fixed hasp
Lafayette hasp detail
Hopewell swivel hasp
Hopewell fixed hasp
Wentz barn hook
Wentz barn door handle
Wentz house latch
Restored barn with Brandywine hardware
Pen-and-ink sketch of a stone farmhouse
Pen-and-ink sketch of a barn
Barn sketch
The elements of shutter hardware