Emtek Modern Brass Towel Ring

Projection is 2-1/4 inches off the wall, with a ring diameter of about 6 inches. That matters where the ring goes beside a vanity, next to a swinging door, or in a narrow powder room, since the towel itself hangs well past the ring. Measure your clear wall width against the 6 inch ring, not just the mounting point.

The Deltana BBS2008 is the closest match on size and material: it is a 6-1/2 inch towel ring in the BBS Series, solid brass. The Emtek Modern Brass towel ring is also brass and is offered in a 6-1/2 inch size. If you want a slightly tighter ring, the Deltana BBN2008 is 6-1/4 inch in the BBN Series, and the Deltana 88TR6 and 98C2008 are both 6 inch solid brass rings in the 88 and 98C Classic series.

Treat it as a different part, not a swap. The Deltana 88TR6 is a 6 inch solid brass towel ring in the 88 Series; the Emtek Modern Brass towel ring is a 6-1/2 inch brass ring and its mounting plate is chosen from six rosette shapes - Small Disk, Disk, Square, Neos, Modern Rectangular, and Urban Modern. The rosette footprint and the ring diameter are both different, so on a wall with existing anchor holes and a paint or tile line, plan on new holes rather than assuming the Deltana lands on the same pattern.

Seven finishes: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Those are Emtek's standard finish codes, so a bath that is being built out in, say, US15 satin nickel levers can carry the same code across to the bath accessories. Unlacquered brass is the one to think twice about: it has no clear coat, so it will patina with handling and water rather than staying bright.

The closest match on ring size is the Deltana BBS2008 in the BBS Series at 6-1/2 inches. The Deltana BBN2008 is a touch smaller at 6-1/4 inches, and the Deltana 88TR6 in the 88 Series is a 6 inch solid brass ring. All three are brass-bodied like the Emtek, so the real difference is the styling of the ring and backplate rather than the material.

Buying into a named series is how you keep a fleet of baths consistent. The Emtek ring sits in the Modern Brass Bath Hardware series, so the finish and rosette codes carry across Emtek trim. If you want an alternative family, Delaney builds towel rings in four series (Congaree 200, Cascade 300, Acadia 900, and Denali 1100), and Orca Hardware runs its own named designs including the 2760 Cypress, 3660 Swirl, 4860 Blakely, and 9160 Waldron. Picking one series and staying in it means the ring, bar, and paper holder read as one set on every unit.

The Emtek Modern Brass towel ring is a residential contemporary brass accessory, so for a public restroom in an office, school, or hotel you should be specifying commercial washroom accessories rather than any of the residential decorative rings. Within decorative bath hardware, the peers sit in the same residential territory - Deltana 88TR6 and 98C2008 solid brass rings, the Delaney Congaree 200 and Denali 1100 Series rings, the Orca 2760 Cypress and 9160 Waldron. The Emtek ring and these peers suit guest baths, unit bathrooms, and owner residences.

Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) is one of the seven finishes on the Emtek Modern Brass towel ring, alongside Satin Brass (US4), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Polished Chrome (US26), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), and Flat Black (US19). Solid brass construction on a peer is not the same thing as a living finish: the Deltana 88TR6, 98C2008, BBN2008, and BBS2008 are solid brass towel rings, but the brass body is the substrate, and the finish applied over it is what determines whether the part ages or stays put. If a patina is the goal, order to the finish name, not to the material.

The Emtek Modern Brass towel ring is ordered by choosing a rosette - Small Disk, Disk, Square, Neos, Modern Rectangular, or Urban Modern - along with the finish, which is a second decision per order line. The Deltana 88TR6, a 6 inch solid brass 88 Series ring, and the Deltana 98C2008, a 6 inch solid brass Classic ring in the 98C Series, each come as one fixed design, so the only choice left is finish. The Delaney Cascade 300 Series and Acadia 900 Series towel rings work the same way.

The Emtek Modern Brass towel ring is a contemporary design in brass, so for a classic or traditional bath the Deltana 98C2008 is the more natural fit - it is a 6 inch solid brass Classic towel ring in the 98C Series. The Orca 3660 Swirl and 9160 Waldron are also worth a look if you want a more ornamented ring, while the Emtek and the Deltana 88TR6 read cleaner and plainer.

No, it is purely mechanical bath hardware, nothing electronic about it. It mounts to the wall and that is the whole install.