Ellington

Edgar Berebi Ellington Art Deco cabinet hardware

Edgar Berebi Ellington is the brand's Jazz Age Art Deco family, named for the Duke Ellington-era 1920s big-band tradition and built around the geometric jewelry-deco vocabulary that defined late-20s decorative work. Ellington pulls feature stepped Deco geometry along the bail backs, with knob faces carrying small fan-shaped medallions drawn from the period's nightclub and theater interiors. The line reads as overtly historical Deco rather than as Deco-influenced contemporary. Each piece is hand-finished in the United States and built per order; expect 6-8 weeks from order to door.

What sets Ellington apart

The fan-medallion knob face is the line's strongest identifier. Most Berebi knob faces use traditional medallions, urns, or floral motifs; Ellington applies a small high-relief fan drawn from Deco theater and nightclub decorative tradition. Combined with the stepped-geometry bail-back ornament, the line carries an explicit Jazz Age vocabulary distinct from the brand's other historical lines. The reference is American Deco rather than European Modernism, which gives the line its warmer ornamental register.

Buying considerations

Ellington fits Art Deco-revival kitchens, period-restoration cabinetry in late-1920s and early-1930s homes, libraries reaching for Jazz Age reference, and powder rooms reaching for explicit Deco character. Painted inset cabinetry in cream, ivory, sage, and pale celadon gives the line its strongest backdrop. Polished nickel and museum-grade silver read most period-truthful for Deco; museum-grade gold warms the same shapes toward Hollywood Regency. The 6-8 week made-to-order window applies. Order extras up front.

Related Edgar Berebi collections

For an Empire-classical alternative inside the brand, see the Empire Collection. For Berebi's largest American-traditional family, the Hampton Collection sits adjacent. Browse the full Edgar Berebi brand page.