P
.E. Guerin boasts in its latest advertisement that the firm has not redecorated its showroom in generations. The
firm has reason to boast, for Guerin is
a purveyor of remarkably diverse iconic
hardware for every room of the house,
apartment, chalet, log cabin or palace.
When a product is unapologetically great
it and its surroundings need no revision.
I am particularly fascinated by one part
of their oeuvre, their ���Whimsy��� collection comprising romantic representation
of fauna. ���Whimsy��� items are bathroom
fixtures mostly, knobs and levers, which
celebrate the forms of birds, bees and
beasts, the glory of Creation memorial-
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