SPIRA Solid Brass Bar Handle

The SPIRA Bar Handle is a slim round bar of solid brass with a turned spire at each end, carried 35mm off the front on two round posts. The spires are the same finials that top the SPIRA door hinges, so a room can carry one detail from the door frame to the cabinet doors, and they give a plain bar the finished look of a curtain pole or a stair rail rather than a length of tube.

Because the spires run on beyond the posts, each handle is longer than its centres: the 96mm is 172mm end to end, the 128mm is 203mm and the 160mm is 235mm. That extra length is the point of the design, a fine line with a flourish at each end, and it lets the handle hold its own on a door seen from across the room. It is solid brass throughout, from 158g to 219g depending on the size.

Three finishes

Polished Brass (PVD) is a bright mirror gold under a hard PVD coating, so it keeps its shine without polishing. Polished Unlacquered Brass is the same bright gold with nothing over the metal, so it slowly warms and darkens with handling, the way old brass does. Polished Chrome is a cool mirror silver for white, grey and black kitchens.

Three sizes

The 172mm (96mm centres) suits drawers and narrow doors. The 203mm (128mm centres) is the everyday size for kitchen base units and wardrobe doors, and the 235mm (160mm centres) gives a fuller line on tall doors and wide pan drawers. All three stand 35mm off the front, so the sizes mix along one run without a change in depth.

Where it works best

• Shaker and in-frame kitchens with a traditional or French feel
• Dressing rooms and fitted wardrobes
• Bathroom vanities and cloakroom cupboards
• Gloss lacquered and painted furniture, where the mirror finish picks up the sheen
• IKEA METOD, PAX and BESTÅ fronts on 96mm, 128mm and 160mm centres

Fitting

Each handle comes with two M4 x 25mm machine screws, fitted from inside the drawer or door, on standard centres so it drops into existing holes. Longer screws for thicker fronts are available on request. Sold individually, made to order, and covered by our 10-year warranty against manufacturing defects. The SPIRA Knob is the matching single-fixing piece for drawers and small doors.