Emtek Classic Brass Leverset - Milano Lever, Dummy (Pair)

It's a dummy, so there is no latch and no moving mechanism. The Milano lever is fixed in place and used as a pull only, on doors that are held shut by a ball catch, roller catch, or magnetic catch, or on inactive leaves of a French pair. If you need the door to stay closed on its own, you want a passage function lockset instead.

Because the Milano lever is shaped and only curves one way. Left Hand and Right Hand are both offered, and on a pair you normally order one of each so the levers mirror each other. Stand outside the door: if the hinges are on your left it's left hand, hinges on the right it's right hand. Get it backwards and the lever sweeps toward the hinge side.

The Emtek Milano dummy leverset is a brass residential leverset in a tubular lock format. For a commercial opening, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is a Grade 1 non-keyed heavy duty cylindrical dummy lever, and the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a heavy duty Grade 1 single dummy cylindrical lever lock in the 5400 Series. A medium duty option is the BEST 7KC Series 1DT single dummy trim, a Grade 2 non-keyed dummy lever. Those three are single dummy trims, so a pair of doors takes two; the Milano ships as a pair.

The Emtek Milano dummy leverset is sold as a complete pair, with both sides supplied, and it is handed - ordered as Left Hand or Right Hand. If you only need one side of the door trimmed, the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy lever with 5048 rose is a single-side decorative lever, and it is also handed: the 5103 LDM is the left hand half dummy and the 5103 RDM is the right hand version. The Emtek pair suits a double door or a closet pair where both faces need a lever; the Baldwin 5103 half dummy suits an inactive leaf or one face only.

The Emtek Milano dummy leverset covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. For a 2 inch door, look at levers rated to that thickness: the Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage lever with Withnell design covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Deltana 6201 Manchester entry lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Dexter C1000 Series asylum function Grade 1 lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Those are latching functions rather than dummy trim, so confirm the function matches the opening.

A dummy leverset does not operate a latch; the Emtek Milano dummy is non-keyed with a dummy lock function and mounts to the door surface with no door prep. If the door has a bored latch and needs to stay closed, you need a passage function lever instead. Comparable passage levers include the Baldwin Estate 5103 passage lever with 5048 rose, the Bravura Atlanta round trim passage leverset in Grade 2, and the Callan Asheville Grade 3 passage leverset. For a bed or bath door with a thumbturn, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever covers that function.

Yes, and that's the point of the rosette choice. The Milano dummy can be ordered with any brass rosette: #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford, or Wilshire. Pick whichever rose is already on your passage and privacy sets and the closet or pantry door will read as part of the same suite.

Ten finishes: Flat Black (US19), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). These are the standard Emtek brass collection finish codes, so they line up with other brass-collection Emtek trim. Note Unlacquered Brass will patina over time by design and Oil Rubbed Bronze is a living finish.

The Milano dummy is non-keyed with no latching hardware, so for a door that has to stay shut you need a passage or privacy version of the lever rather than the dummy. Keep in mind a passage or privacy set is a bored tubular lockset and does require a door prep, unlike the surface mount dummy.

Both are dummy function levers, so they serve the same purpose on a non-latching door. The Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever in the Bentley series. The Emtek Milano differs in how it is configured: it is a brass leverset ordered by handing, in finishes including Flat Black US19, Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Polished Nickel US14 and Unlacquered Brass US3NL, and with a choice of rosette - #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford or Wilshire. If the rosette shape has to match other Emtek trim in the home, the Milano is the one that lets you specify it.

The Emtek Milano dummy is a brass residential leverset built around finish and rosette selection, with ten finishes and seven rosette styles. For a straightforward rental closet, a plainer passage lever covers it: the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever set is Grade 3 and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Kwikset 200DL Delta passage lever is a reversible Grade 3 interior hall and closet lock with an adjustable 6AL latch and RCS strike. Note those latch; the Milano dummy does not.

The Emtek Milano dummy is an American Classic style brass leverset offered in finishes such as Polished Brass Lifetime US3, Satin Brass US4, French Antique US7 and Pewter US15A. If you need an entry function lever in a similar traditional look, the Deltana Claremont 5851, Manchester 6201, Morant 6411 and Linstead 6431 are all entry function levers, with the Manchester, Morant and Linstead covering doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Confirm the finish designation matches across brands before ordering.

Brass, both as the stated material and the substrate, not a plated pot-metal casting. That matters on a dummy more than you'd think, since a fixed lever takes the full pull load every time someone opens the door and a cast zinc lever arm is where cheap dummies fail.