American Standard Glenmere Towel Ring - AMS-7617190

Four finishes, each with its own American Standard part number: Chrome is 7617190.002, Matte Black is 7617190.243, Legacy Bronze is 7617190.278, and Brushed Nickel is 7617190.295. The base number 7617190 stays the same across all four, so the suffix is what you specify when ordering.

Yes. The Glenmere towel ring is built to coordinate with the American Standard Glenmere collection of faucets, so ordering the matching finish suffix (.002 Chrome, .243 Matte Black, .278 Legacy Bronze, .295 Brushed Nickel) keeps the ring and the faucet in the same family styling.

All metal construction, no plastic body. For a property manager doing repeated tenant turns, that matters more than the finish choice, since plastic-bodied rings are what typically crack at the post when someone hangs their weight on a towel.

No exposed screws. The Glenmere ring mounts with concealed fasteners, so the post covers the hardware and you see a clean escutcheon on the wall. Plan for that during install: the post cover slips over the mounting bracket after the bracket is fastened, rather than screwing through the face.

A towel ring like the Glenmere is the one to use beside or above a lavatory, where you want a single hand towel within reach and you don't have the wall run for a bar. Go to a towel bar instead when you're drying full bath sheets or serving a tub or shower, since a ring holds one towel and won't spread a large one out to dry. Many jobs use both: ring at the vanity, bar at the tub.

Yes, and it's a reasonable spec for multi-family or hospitality. Each finish is a distinct orderable part number, so you can lock a property to one, for example 7617190.295 in Brushed Nickel, and reorder against that exact number for replacements without re-picking the finish every time.

A towel ring carries a light load, so it mounts fine to drywall with appropriate anchors when there's no blocking behind. Hit a stud or installed blocking where you can, especially in a rental or commercial washroom where someone will eventually pull on it. The mounting bracket is concealed by the post, so anchor selection is entirely yours to make based on the wall.