If you need to strictly comply with ADA I suspect you are stuck with the
typical ugliness - you can get them in brass and add a distinctive rosette
on the wall but still need to comply with load and dimensional requirements
etc.

However, on private jobs where I really need a convenience grab bar I have
gone to Simons Hardware in Manhattan or some good hardware catalogs and
found boating or bar type hardware and mixed with brass pipe or wood rods. I
have also had wrought iron fabricated to my design and had it brass or
nickel plated in Long Island City.


Eric Hammarberg
Associate Director of Preservation
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-----Original Message-----
From: Met History [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:57 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Help, I've fallen because the grab bars were ugly and I can't get
up!


The usual tub grab bars are chrome, white or (sometimes) gunmetal, of
distinctly modern design, inappropriate for a 1910's-1940's bathroom.

Has anyone ever found a "retro-styled" grab bar?  Brass or bronze?
Something less awful looking?

Sign me,  Keep Dropping the Soap

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