Schaub 653 1-3/8" Fair Isle Imperial Shell Cabinet Knob

The Schaub 653 is a solid brass round knob 1-3/8 inches in diameter with an Imperial Shell white mother of pearl inlay from the Symphony Inlays style. If you want the same solid brass base material without an inlay face, the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob is a solid brass cabinet knob, and the Deltana KRB175 is a heavy-duty solid brass round knob with a groove detail at 1-3/4 inches in diameter. The Deltana is the larger face of the group, so mixing it into a run of 1-3/8 inch knobs will read differently on the door.

Projection is 1-1/8 inches from the face of the door, with a 1/2 inch base where it meets the wood. That gives enough finger room to grip without the knob catching a hip in a tight galley run. The knob head itself is 1-3/8 inches in diameter.

Solid brass body with a white mother of pearl Imperial Shell inlay set into the face. It is part of Schaub's Symphony Inlays style, Fair Isle collection. Because the inlay is natural shell, expect slight variation in tone and figure between pieces, which is normal for the material rather than a defect.

Two: Aged Dover (AD) and Polished Nickel (PN). Aged Dover is the softer, antiqued look; Polished Nickel is the bright cool-toned one. Both carry the same white mother of pearl shell inlay, so the finish choice is really about the surrounding metal in the room, faucet, lighting, appliance pulls.

The body is solid brass and it mounts with a standard 8/32 screw, so mechanically it is a normal working cabinet knob for kitchen doors and drawers. The consideration is the mother of pearl inlay on the face, a natural material that will show wear and can chip under impact, so it suits residential kitchens, baths and furniture better than a high-traffic commercial or institutional installation.

For full-size cabinet doors and mid to large drawers, yes, 1-3/8 inches is in the standard range and gives a full hand grip. On small drawers, a face frame divider, or narrow glass-front doors, that diameter can look heavy and can crowd the stile; a smaller knob or a pull reads better there. Projection is 1-1/8 inches, so account for that in tight aisles.

The Schaub 653 is a cabinet knob with a single function. The Emtek Allerton, Art Deco, Astoria Glass, and SELECT 8665 pieces in the Emtek Schaub Collection are each catalogued with a cabinet knob/pull function, so they are the ones to look at when the elevation calls for a knob that doubles as a short pull.