Emtek Traditional Brass Towel Ring

That is the point of the rosette choice. The towel ring is ordered with the same rosette designs Emtek uses on its knob and lever trim, twelve of them: #8, Arts and Crafts Rectangular, Lancaster, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Ribbon and Reed, Rope, Small Regular, Watford and Wilshire. Pick the rosette that matches the door hardware already in the room and the backplate reads as one set.

The Deltana 88TR6 is a 6 inch solid brass towel ring in the 88 Series, which puts it in the same size class as the Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring at approximately 6 inch diameter with a 2-1/4 inch projection. Both are brass. The difference is in how they are specified: the Emtek Traditional is ordered by rosette and finish, with rosette choices including Regular, Rope, Oval, Rectangular, Lancaster, Quincy, Ribbon and Reed, Watford, Wilshire, Small Regular, #8, and Arts and Crafts Rectangular, while the Deltana 88TR6 is a single fixed pattern.

The Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring is approximately 6 inch diameter with a 2-1/4 inch projection. If the towel bar wall calls for more ring, the Deltana BBS2008 is a 6-1/2 inch towel ring in the BBS Series and the Deltana BBN2008 is a 6-1/4 inch towel ring in the BBN Series. Both are worth checking against the space between the vanity and the adjacent wall before ordering, since the extra ring diameter changes how far a folded hand towel hangs down.

They will hang a towel equally well, but they will not read as a set. The Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring is part of the Traditional Bath Hardware series in an American Classic theme, finished in Emtek's own codes such as French Antique US7, Pewter US15A, Polished Nickel US14, and Polished Brass Lifetime US3. The Delaney Cascade 300 Series and Denali 1100 Series rings and the Orca 4860 Blakely and 9160 Waldron rings belong to their own series and finish programs. If the ring has to match an existing Emtek towel bar or robe hook on the same wall, stay within the Emtek Traditional line; if it is a standalone powder room, any of them is a fair candidate.

Residential. Emtek lists it as a residential product, which suits single-family, condo and high-end apartment baths. For a hotel, dorm or high-traffic public washroom, spec a commercial-duty accessory instead.

If the design driver is just a durable ring rather than matching Emtek door trim, the Delaney Congaree 200 Series and Cascade 300 Series towel rings, or the Orca Hardware 2760 Cypress and 4860 Blakely, cover the same job. Where the Emtek earns its place is the rosette and US finish system that lets bath accessories match the knobs and levers in the room; none of those other lines coordinate with Emtek door hardware.

Order it in Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) and it will. That finish has no clear coat, so it darkens and mottles with handling and humidity the same way an unlacquered faucet does. If you want the brass to stay bright and uniform instead, Polished Brass Lifetime (US3) is the sealed option.

The Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring is ordered by both rosette and finish, with twelve rosette patterns and nine finishes including Flat Black US19, Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Polished Chrome US26, Satin Nickel US15, and Unlacquered Brass US3NL. That is a lot of decisions to repeat across a unit count. The Delaney towel rings are ordered as a single series item instead: the Congaree 200 Series, the Cascade 300 Series, the Acadia 900 Series, and the Denali 1100 Series each cover one towel ring. The Orca Hardware rings work the same way, with the 2760 Cypress, 3660 Swirl, 4860 Blakely, and 9160 Waldron each being one pattern.

The Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring covers that ground within its own rosette range, which includes Rope, Ribbon and Reed, Lancaster, Watford, Wilshire, Quincy, and Arts and Crafts Rectangular alongside the plain Regular and Oval. Outside the Emtek line, the Orca Hardware 3660 Swirl and the Orca Hardware 2760 Cypress are patterned towel rings in the 36-Swirl and 27-Cypress series, and the Deltana 98C2008 is a Classic pattern in the 98C Series. The Emtek route keeps the pattern decision separate from the finish decision; the others pair one pattern with one series.

The Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring is approximately 6 inch diameter with a 2-1/4 inch projection, and the Small Regular rosette keeps the wall plate compact. Among the comparable rings, the Deltana 88TR6 and the Deltana 98C2008 are both 6 inch, while the Deltana BBN2008 at 6-1/4 inch and the Deltana BBS2008 at 6-1/2 inch take more room. Measure from the vanity edge to the ring's outer arc, not just to the mounting plate, since the projection is what determines whether a towel clears the countertop.

The Emtek Traditional ring is built on a 6-7/8 inch size with a roughly 6 inch ring, so it hangs a standard hand towel folded once. The Deltana 88TR6 is a 6 inch solid brass ring in the 88 Series, and the Deltana BBS2008 runs 6-1/2 inches in the BBS Series. All three land in the same size class; the practical difference is the mounting plate style, not towel capacity.

It is a traditional-style piece in Emtek's American Classic look, and the rosette list is where the period detail lives. Rope, Ribbon and Reed and Lancaster read Victorian or classical; Arts and Crafts Rectangular and Quincy suit a craftsman or bungalow bath; plain Regular or Small Regular stay quiet in a transitional room.