Emtek Tuscany Bronze Backplate for Cabinet Pull

Three hole spacings: 3 inch, 3-1/2 inch, and 4 inch center to center. Match the spacing to the pull you are mounting, not to the drawer front, since the backplate screws pass through the same two holes the pull uses. Each spacing is offered in both Flat Black Bronze (FB) and Medium Bronze (MB).

It is just the plate that sits behind the pull, so the cabinet pull is a separate order. The backplate mounts to the face of the drawer or door and the pull mounts on top of it through the same two holes. Order the pull in the matching Tuscany bronze finish and the matching center-to-center spacing, or the two will not line up.

Only if the old pull used the same hole spacing. The backplate is surface mounted over the existing two holes at 3, 3-1/2, or 4 inch centers, so it hides scratches, finish shadow, and wear around those holes, but it does not cover holes drilled at a different spacing. Measure center to center on the existing pull first and buy the plate to match.

Both are Emtek bronze finishes on the same plate. Flat Black Bronze (FB) reads as a dark, low sheen near-black; Medium Bronze (MB) is the lighter mid-tone brown bronze. If you are adding plates to cabinetry that already has Emtek Tuscany bronze hardware, order the plate in the same finish code that is on the existing pulls, since the two do not blend well side by side in one kitchen.

Emtek lists the Tuscany bronze cabinet line as residential hardware. It is a decorative cabinet plate, so it fits apartment kitchens, model units, and custom residential millwork. For a high-traffic commercial casework spec, a property manager standardizing a building is usually better served by a commercial-rated cabinet pull line than by a decorative bronze backplate.

No extra drilling. The plate is surface mounted, so it sits flat on the drawer front and is captured by the pull's own two machine screws coming through from the back of the door or drawer. That means the only holes involved are the existing pull holes at 3, 3-1/2, or 4 inch centers. Thicker fronts plus the added plate thickness can mean you need slightly longer pull screws.

Brass, in a bronze finish. Solid brass takes the bronze finishes evenly and holds up to hand contact on a kitchen or bath cabinet better than a plated zinc plate, which is what fails first at the screw holes.

It does both jobs. Visually the Tuscany bronze plate frames the pull and gives a heavier, older-world look on a plain slab or shaker front. Practically it spreads the pull's load over a wider footprint and keeps knuckles, rings, and cleaning off the finish around the holes, which is where painted and thermofoil fronts wear first. On new cabinetry it is optional; on a refresh it earns its place by hiding the old hardware shadow.