Emtek 8820 Wilshire 5-1/2" Center-to-Center Keyed Sideplate Lockset, Dummy (Pair) - Brass Tubular

Dummy function, sold as a pair, so neither side turns or latches anything. It's a pull-and-push trim set for doors that don't need to lock or latch, like a closet, a pantry, or the inactive leaf of a double door. Despite the Wilshire 8820 being part of Emtek's keyed sideplate family, this configuration is non-keyed, so there's no cylinder and no key to order.

Handing matters here, and it's a required choice: right hand or left hand. It matters because levers are handed, and on a dummy pair you're getting fixed trim, so a lever ordered the wrong hand points the wrong way and can't be flipped in the field. Knob styles read the same either way, but the order still asks for the hand.

The Wilshire 8820 plate is drilled 5-1/2 inches center-to-center between the knob or lever bore and the upper hole. That's the number to measure on the existing plate before you order, because a sideplate with different centers won't line up on the existing prep no matter how close the plate outline looks.

The Omnia D12036PD is the nearest match: a solid brass dummy deadbolt lever lockset with plates at 5-1/2 inch center-to-center, the same center-to-center spacing the Emtek 8820 Wilshire uses, and the same double dummy function. Both are brass and both are non-keyed dummy trim, so neither one operates a latch or a bolt - they are pull trim on a plate. The practical difference is style family: the Emtek 8820 is an American Classic Wilshire sideplate that can be ordered with any Emtek brass knob or lever style, while the Omnia is supplied as a lever set. If you are matching an existing 5-1/2 inch sideplate prep and only need a dummy, either will land on the same hole pattern.

Yes, and it's a required selection, not an upgrade. Emtek lets you pair the Wilshire sideplate with any of its brass knob or lever designs, and the set ships complete with the trim you choose. That's the mechanism for matching a dummy closet door to the working locksets already on the rest of the openings: order the same knob or lever style across both.

Ten finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), and French Antique (US7). Those are standard US finish codes, so a US15 sideplate matches US15 hinges and US15 working locksets on the same run of doors. Unlacquered brass (US3NL) is the exception worth flagging: it has no clear coat and will patina with handling, so it won't stay matched to a lacquered US3 piece over time.

Solid brass, both the sideplate and the substrate, in Emtek's Brass collection with an American Classic styling. It's specified as residential hardware, so for an apartment turn or a single-family remodel it's the right class of product, but for a school, hospital, or other high-traffic commercial opening you want a Grade 1 or Grade 2 commercial lockset instead.

No - they do different jobs. The Omnia D12036A is a single cylinder deadbolt lever lockset, meaning it carries a keyed cylinder and throws a bolt. The Emtek 8820 Wilshire is a dummy set, non-keyed, with no operating function at all. The two look similar on the door because both are brass sideplate trim, which is exactly why they get confused on a takeoff. If the door is an inactive leaf, a closet, or a pantry where you only need a pull and a matching plate, the 8820 is the correct part and a deadbolt lockset would require a bolt prep and a strike you do not need. If the door has to lock, the D12036A is the one to order and the 8820 will not do it.

Both are non-keyed dummy sideplate sets in brass at 5-1/2 inch center-to-center, so on hole spacing they are interchangeable. The differences are in how they are configured. The Emtek 8820 is a tubular sideplate lockset in the American Classic Wilshire style that can be ordered with any Emtek brass knob or lever, so the inside trim is chosen separately - knob, lever, crystal, or marble - and it ships in ten finishes from Oil Rubbed Bronze and Flat Black through Unlacquered Brass and Polished Nickel. The Omnia D12036PD is supplied as a lever dummy with its plates as a set. Pick the Emtek when the door has to match a knob or lever style already running through the house; pick the Omnia when a lever dummy as-supplied is all the opening needs.

That is the standard way a pair of doors gets hardware. The Emtek 8820 Wilshire is a dummy, non-keyed, and is the right trim for an inactive leaf that never operates. On the active leaf you need a keyed unit: the Omnia D12036A single cylinder deadbolt lever lockset or the Omnia D12036AC double cylinder version, both solid brass sideplate sets. The 8820 is 5-1/2 inch center-to-center and the Omnia dummy in the same family is listed at the same 5-1/2 inch center-to-center, so the plate proportions read consistently across the two leaves. Confirm the plate length and lever style you want on both leaves before ordering, since the Emtek inside trim is selected separately from a knob or lever list.

Purely mechanical, no electronics, and as a dummy pair it has no locking function at all. If you're standardizing a building on access control, this is trim only. Use it on the doors that don't need to lock and put an electronic lock on the ones that do.

A sideplate set mounts the knob or lever on a long backplate that runs up the door rather than a small round rose. It gives a period or American Classic look, and on a retrofit the taller plate covers old boring or wear that a rose would leave exposed. The Wilshire 8820 is the tubular type, meaning the trim is built for a bored door rather than a mortise pocket, so it goes on the same style of door prep as ordinary residential knobsets rather than needing a mortise case cut into the edge.