Wonderful find! Is there any way it might have had a mortise lock in the past, and if you remove said lock, the panel is of similar size? If you don't think filling the crack with the wood bondo folks tend to recommend here is good enough a repair, maybe even if you have to cut out the old one, perhaps the new one could be slid in via the mortise chamber? That would limit the take apart aspect maybe. I know it's a reach of an idea, but it's what came to mind looking at the door.Vala wrote:Sorry about that lol I was exhausted last night. Didn't want to copy from my camera etc and wait.
Needs some refinishing but I'm up for the task. Thinking to replace the Art Decto escutcheon with a more appropriate one - it originally did have a Victorian one this door came from an 1893 Bank down in southern IL.
Painted white on the other side but it was originally stained on both sides so I can strip it and have it stained on both sides again.
It actually is 82" x 33 3/4" exactly
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If you do decide to change out the hardware, may I be so bold as to inquire if you might have an interested party yet for the Deco hardware? We have a very similar hardware style on our interior doors, but our front door is quite plain.