Historic Bronze Elevator Entrance Reproduction

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Vintage photo of the original elevator entrance

Vintage photo of the original elevator entrance

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These elevator entrances are replications of the original historic entrances. Job included cast and fabricated bronze hoistway doors & entrances, hand forged bronze grills, and bronze elevator cabs. Processes used were lost wax & sand casting, repousse, hand forging, and various other fabrication techniques.

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Elevator cab interior consists of custom bronze wall panels with fabricated grecian grills.

Elevator cab interior consists of custom bronze wall panels with fabricated grecian grills.

Elevator cab ceiling in bronze with a custom curved  crown moulding.

Elevator cab ceiling in bronze with a custom curved crown moulding.

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This flower started out life as a flat piece of bronze sheet metal. The piece was formed into it’s beautiful final state by the art of repousse (a method of creating a relief design by hammering the back side of the metal).

This flower started out life as a flat piece of bronze sheet metal. The piece was formed into it’s beautiful final state by the art of repousse (a method of creating a relief design by hammering the back side of the metal).

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Custom Bronze Mausoleum Door Pulls

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These new door pulls have cast escutcheons & finials and all other components are turned from solid bronze stock.

These new door pulls have cast escutcheons & finials and all other components are turned from solid bronze stock.

Condition of the original doors

Condition of the original doors

The original escutcheons and finials were missing so we hand carved new patterns

The original escutcheons and finials were missing so we hand carved new patterns

A wax made from the wood pattern for the lost wax casting process

A wax made from the wood pattern for the lost wax casting process

Turned components from bronze bar stock

Turned components from bronze bar stock

Custom Historic Bronze Hinge

This is a replication of the historic custom hinges that were original to NYS Capitol. The patterns for both the finials and back plates are hand carved. The components are replicated by using the lost wax casting process. The actual hinge leaves are sand cast and all components are machined and hand chased.

Installed hinge

Installed hinge

Just an fyi...We made the 14' tall bronze torchiere in the background too :)

Just an fyi…We made the 14′ tall bronze torchiere in the background too 🙂