Emtek Arts and Crafts Leversets - Arts and Crafts Lever, Privacy Set
- Can be ordered with any Brass rosette
- Sold as complete set. Includes Latch and Strike Plate
- 28 Degree Latch (included when CF Mechanism is selected)
- Fits any door between 1-3/8” to 2-1/4" thick with a 2-1/8" bore standard door prep*
- Standard latch is for 2-3/8" backset. Specify 2-3/4" backset if required
* STRETTO rosette requires a 1-1/4” diameter bore hole and 2-hole door preparation for thumbturn privacy
Specifications:
- Backset: Adjustable 2-3/8" or 2-3/4"
- Cross Bore: 2-1/8"
- Door Thickness: 1-3/8" to 1-3/4"
- Latch Faceplate: Round or Square Corner
- Material: Brass
Manufacturer Resources
Product Specs
- Collection:
- Brass
- Product Type:
- Leversets
- Product Group:
- Mechanical Locks
- Product Subgroup:
- Bored Locksets
- Subcategory:
- Leversets
- Commercial/Residential:
- Residential
- Handle Type:
- Lever
- Lock Function:
- Privacy/Bed/Bath
- Lock Type:
- Tubular
- Series:
- Arts & Crafts
- Theme:
- Arts & Crafts
- Electronic:
- No
- Keyed:
- No
- Keyed Function:
- Non-Keyed
- Product Attribute:
- Cylindrical Locks
- MAP Policy:
- Yes
- Product Function:
- Privacy/Bed/Bath
- Product Style:
- Arts & Crafts
- Product Material:
- Brass
- Product Category:
- Mechanical Locks
- Product Substrate:
- Brass
- Department:
- Door Hardware
Emtek 5205.AC.RH.US15 – Frequently Asked Questions
1) Will the Emtek Arts & Crafts privacy lever fit a 1-3/4 inch door with standard 2-1/8 inch bore prep?
Yes. The Arts and Crafts privacy leverset drops into a standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore and covers doors from 1-3/8 inch up to 2-1/4 inch thick. One caveat on the rosette choice: the STRETTO rosette needs a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore and a 2-hole door prep for the thumbturn, so it is not a straight drop-in to standard prep. The three rosettes offered on the Arts and Crafts lever, Arts & Crafts, Hammered and Quincy, all work with standard prep.
2) What backset do I order for the Emtek Arts & Crafts privacy lever, 2-3/8 or 2-3/4?
Measure from the door edge to the center of the bore hole. The standard latch shipped with the Arts and Crafts privacy set is 2-3/8 inch; if your prep measures 2-3/4 inch you have to specify that at the time of order, since backset is a required selection. Both values are available. Most residential doors are bored at 2-3/8 inch, and 2-3/4 inch shows up more on thicker or heavier doors.
3) Do I need to specify handing on an Emtek Arts & Crafts lever?
Yes, and it is worth getting right. The Arts and Crafts lever is ordered left hand or right hand, so you need to know which way the door swings and which side the hinges are on before you place the order. Stand outside the door: hinges on your left is left hand. A privacy set is not reversible in the box the way many commercial non-handed levers are, so an incorrect call means the lever points the wrong way.
4) Is the Emtek Arts & Crafts lever OK for a commercial building or apartment corridor?
It is built as residential brass trim, not a graded commercial lockset, so it suits homes, model units and interior doors in light-traffic settings. For a corridor, a school, or anything where the spec calls out a grade, go commercial instead. From the graded privacy locks we carry, the Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever is Grade 2 and covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Arrow MK02-TA is a Grade 2 privacy lock rated for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors with a fire rating.
5) What is the closest equivalent to an Emtek Arts and Crafts privacy lever from another decorative brand?
The Baldwin Estate 5103 Privacy Lever with 5048 Rose is the nearest decorative-brand match: it is a privacy/bed/bath lever sold with its rose, the same function the Arts and Crafts lever performs. The Arts and Crafts set is a brass tubular lockset that ships as a complete set with latch and strike plate, fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch with a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, and takes a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset. Where the two part ways is trim selection: the Arts and Crafts lever is ordered with an Arts and Crafts, Hammered, or Quincy rosette, while the Baldwin 5103 is paired with the 5048 rose.
6) I need a bed and bath lock for a commercial corridor instead of a residential one - what should I use?
The Emtek Arts and Crafts lever is a residential brass lockset. For a commercial opening with a privacy requirement, the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 cylindrical privacy lock with the Withnell lever and a 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch door thickness range. If the door needs a fire-rated privacy knob instead, the Arrow MK02-TA is a fire-rated privacy cylindrical lock with a Tudor knob for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors. Both carry a stated ANSI grade, which the decorative Arts and Crafts set does not trade on.
7) Is a passage lever the same thing as this privacy lever?
No. The Emtek Arts and Crafts privacy set is a non-keyed privacy/bed/bath lock, so it latches and locks with a thumbturn for a bedroom or bath. A passage lever latches only and never locks. If the opening is a hall or closet, the passage version to look at is the Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage Lever with 5048 Rose in decorative trim, or the Kwikset 200BRNL RDT Breton, a Grade 3 passage leverset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Ordering a passage lever for a bathroom leaves the door with no way to lock.
8) The door is 2 inches thick - will the Arts and Crafts privacy lever work, or do I need something else?
The Emtek Arts and Crafts privacy lever is specified for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick with a 2-1/8 inch cross bore. For a 2 inch door, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 non-handed passage cylindrical lock rated 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage lever covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Both are passage function, so they latch without locking - confirm the opening does not need the privacy thumbturn before substituting.
9) What comes in the box with the Emtek Arts & Crafts privacy leverset?
Complete set: both levers, the rosettes you select, the latch and the strike plate. Nothing else is needed to hang it on a pre-bored door. The latch faceplate comes in round or square corner, so match whatever is already mortised into the door edge if you are replacing existing hardware and want to avoid patching.
10) What is the CF mechanism option on Emtek levers and should I pick it?
CF stands for the clean-face mechanism: the rosettes mount with no exposed screws on the face of the trim. It is a look decision, and it matters if the doors are in a visible run where the buyer notices screw heads. Selecting CF also brings the 28 degree rotation latch with it. The alternatives are the standard latch or the 28 degree latch on its own with conventional exposed-screw rosettes.
11) Can I match the Emtek Arts & Crafts privacy lever to the passage and entry doors in the same house?
The lever and rosette designs carry across the Emtek brass line, so a house can run Arts and Crafts levers on bedrooms in privacy and the same lever on passage and keyed doors, all in one finish. The rosette is the flexible piece: this lever can be ordered with any brass rosette, and the three catalogued with it are the Arts & Crafts, Hammered and Quincy. Pick one rosette and one finish and hold it across the openings.
12) Can I use a keypad lever where I would otherwise put the Arts and Crafts privacy set?
They solve different problems. The Emtek Arts and Crafts set is non-electronic and non-keyed, locked by thumbturn from inside the room. The Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch, and the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock. A keypad controls who gets in from the outside; the Arts and Crafts privacy lever controls who is shut out while the room is occupied.
13) What is a lower-cost lever for a bathroom door that still locks from the inside?
The Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton Privacy Lever Set is a Grade 3 privacy/bed/bath leverset covering 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same door thickness window the Emtek Arts and Crafts privacy set fits. The Emtek is a solid brass set ordered by finish - Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), or Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) - and by rosette style, and offers a CF mechanism with no exposed rosette screws. The Breton is supplied as a single fixed trim design.
14) What do I order for the closet door next to the bedroom so the trim matches?
The Arts and Crafts privacy lever is a privacy/bed/bath function, so it is not the right pick for a closet. In decorative trim, the Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage Lever with 5048 Rose covers hall and closet openings, and where a door only needs a pull with no latch at all, the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy is offered handed - left hand and right hand as separate parts. The Emtek privacy set is likewise ordered by hand, left or right.
15) I need a keyed lever on the same 2-3/8 inch backset door instead of a privacy lever - what fits?
The Emtek Arts and Crafts privacy set is non-keyed and takes a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset on a 2-1/8 inch bore. For a keyed entry lever on the same prep, the Cal-Royal AG00 is a Grade 2 entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, keyed different, on a 2-3/8 inch backset and a 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door range - the same door thickness window the Arts and Crafts set covers. If the opening needs classroom function, the Cal-Royal AG03 is the same keyway on a 2-3/4 inch backset.
16) What looks like a substitute for a privacy leverset but is not one?
Dummy trim. The BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim and the Callan Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever are lever sets with no latch and no locking mechanism at all - they are surface-mounted pulls. The Emtek Arts and Crafts privacy set ships as a complete set including latch and strike plate and locks with a thumbturn. A dummy lever on a bathroom door leaves the door with nothing to latch against.
17) Is the Emtek Arts & Crafts lever solid brass or plated pot metal?
Brass, both the substrate and the finish material. That is what you are paying for over a builder-grade lever, and it is why the unlacquered brass option will patina over time rather than hold a factory coating. The lock itself is a tubular cylindrical mechanism behind that trim.
18) For a rental turn, is there a simpler privacy lever than the Emtek Arts and Crafts set?
The Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton Privacy Lever Set is a Grade 3 privacy/bed/bath lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors and comes as one fixed configuration. The Emtek Arts and Crafts set is specified across more axes: backset at 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch, four finishes, handing, three rosette styles, and a choice of standard latch, 28 degree rotation latch, or the CF mechanism that hides the rosette screws. If units are being turned to a single spec, the fewer-decisions part keeps the order simple; if the whole floor is being matched to existing brass trim, the Emtek axes are what let you match it.
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