Matte Black w/Polished Chrome Cabinet Hardware

Matte black w/polished chrome hardware from the Larkin line

Jeffrey Alexander casts every piece of its Larkin collection in zinc, then finishes the round bar black and caps both ends in polished chrome before it ever reaches a store shelf. Nothing about the shape is unusual; a plain cylinder does the work, so the two-finish contrast is what actually separates one Larkin piece from a competitor's plain black bar, rather than any unusual angle or flourish in the metal itself. Without the chrome caps, this pull would blend straight into a dark cabinet door, especially under the dimmer lighting many kitchens use above the counters at night.

What's in the collection

Pulls scale roughly from 2.4 up to about 12 inches, appliance pulls are sold at a short 2-inch size and a wide 8-inch size for bigger panels, and a bar knob measuring 2-3/8 covers the doors. Cap and bar hold the exact same proportion regardless of the overall length, so drawers, cabinet doors, and refrigerator panels across an entire kitchen remodel can all draw from this single Larkin run without any size gap anywhere.

Styling a black-and-chrome pull

This pairing fits a kitchen already treating black as its main accent color, dark light fixtures, black window frames, giving the chrome caps a matching bright note that was already established somewhere else in the space before the hardware even arrived. Set against cabinetry with a strong amber or red cast, the chrome starts to feel cold instead of crisp; it holds up better next to white, gray, or cooler-toned wood than against anything leaning honey or cherry.

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Chrome by itself, without any black, lives at chrome, and nickel gives a softer cool metal that skips the mirror shine entirely, closer to a satin surface than a polished one.