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Vinony's link graph records 55 inbound references to door knocker, and connects out to France, Mexico and Iran.
It sits within the topics Door furniture and Ironmongery.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural element
- Subclass of
- signal instrument
- Material used
- iron
- Image
- Arte veneziana, battente, 1550-1600 ca..JPG
- Connects with
- door
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- Commons category
- Door knockers
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Encyclopedic overview
Iron door knocker, from the 15th–16th centuries, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house or other dwelling or building to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) which is attached to the door by a hinge, and may be lifted and used to strike a plate fitted to the door, or the door itself, making a noise. The struck plate, if present, would be supplied and fitted with the knocker. Door knockers are often ornate, but may be no more than a simple fitting with a metal bob, or ring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “door knocker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.