Emtek Deco Glass Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

A mounting screw is included with each knob. Standard cabinet knob screws are 8-32 machine screws, and if your drawer fronts or doors are thicker than usual you may need a longer 8-32 screw than the one supplied.

It's classified as a residential knob, not commercial. For a high-traffic common area, a break room, or heavy institutional cabinetry, a solid brass or britannium knob with no glass element holds up better to abuse. Inside apartment units, where the knob sees household use, it's a reasonable spec.

A knob like the Deco mounts through a single hole, so there is no center-to-center spacing to match. If your drawer fronts are already bored for two-hole pulls, a knob will leave one hole exposed and you would need to plug and refinish. In that case look at a two-hole option instead, such as the Schaub 10030 Cafe oval slot knob at 1 inch diameter with 7/8 inch center to center.

The Emtek Deco Deco cabinet knob is a glass knob on a brass base, so any all-metal swap changes the look. Two solid brass round knobs cover that: the Deltana KRB175 Round Knob with Groove is a heavy-duty solid brass round knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, which is larger than either Deco size, and the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob is a solid brass knob in Delaney's Cabinet Knobs series. Both give a metal face where the Deco gives a glass one.

The Emtek Deco glass cabinet knob is a round glass knob mounted with a single mounting screw. The Schaub 10030 Cafe Modern Oval Slot and Schaub 10040 Cafe Collection Modern Oval are oval knobs with 7/8 inch center to center, so they are two-point patterns rather than a single-screw round knob, and the face profile is oval instead of round. They are not a drop-in visual or drilling match for the Deco.

Ten finishes, and every one is offered in both diameters: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel (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). Unlacquered brass is the one to note: it has no protective coating, so it will patina with handling, while the Lifetime polished brass is coated to hold its shine.

The base material is brass, with a glass decorative element, which is why it carries a finish code like US15 or US10B. The brass is what takes the plating and what the mounting screw threads into; the glass is the visible face. It sits in Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection.

For a straightforward round knob with no glass, the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission or CK-19032 Whistler are plain cabinet knobs, and the Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm knob in zinc and aluminum construction rather than brass. Delaney also does a solid brass cabinet knob. Any of these single-hole knobs drop into the same bore as the Deco.

Yes. The Deco knob uses standard US finish codes (US15 satin nickel, US10B oil rubbed bronze, US26 polished chrome and so on), which are the same codes Emtek runs across its passage and privacy knobsets and leversets. Ordering the cabinet knobs and the door hardware in the same code keeps a room consistent.

The Emtek Deco is a glass knob in the Glass and Porcelain collection with a Deco profile. For a round knob in a different design language, the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission Round Cabinet Knob comes from the 18-Mission Collection, and the Orca Hardware CK-19032 Whistler Cabinet Knob comes from the 19-Whistler Collection. Both are cabinet knobs; the styling is Mission and Whistler rather than Deco glass.

The Emtek Deco glass cabinet knob uses a brass substrate under the glass. A lighter option is the Schaub 1200 Modo, a 16 mm cabinet knob built in zinc and aluminum rather than brass, which is also the smallest knob among these and puts less mass on a thin door face.