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Nashville, Tennessee, USA: 3/20/2007

Eight different design families offer a range of decorative styles and the industry's leading finishes

(Nashville, Tennessee, USA: March 20, 2007) Hickory Hardware™ (www.hickoryhardware.com), America's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of decorative, functional and industrial hardware, announces the launch of its new Designer Collection of door hardware. With a design history spanning more than 100 years, Hickory Hardware's skilled artisans have combined Old-World craftsmanship with the very latest finishes and functionality to create the new Designer Collection.

Available in eight different design families, Hickory Hardware's Designer Collection door hardware features custom-made quality and several new finishes that best highlight the character of each design. Each Designer Collection family offers a suite of matching door hardware — including entrance handle-sets, bed and bath, hall and closet, dummy trim, and single and double deadbolts — as well as kitchen cabinet hardware and other accessories to achieve whole-house coordination.

The Designer Collection features the company's most popular designs including the Empire-styled Ribbon and Reed design family, the seventeenth-century-France-inspired Richelieu, and the simple, contemporary Studio family, for a luxurious style that suits any home. The collection is available in new finishes, such as Sausalito Silver and Antique Black Copper, as well as the popular Satin Nickel and Oil-Rubbed Bronze Highlighted finishes.

Constructed from solid forged brass, Hickory Hardware Designer Collection locksets offer security to meet the industry's highest standards. Designer Collection door hardware features robust locking mechanisms with solid steel reinforced strike plates, 1-inch solid brass throw bolts, hardened steel roll pins to prevent saw-through, and pick-resistant locks.

Hickory Hardware's Designer Collection door hardware is easy-to-install, requiring only basic household tools. The entire Designer Collection offers a lifetime mechanical warranty and quality that complements any lifestyle, with durability and dependability year after year.

The Designer Collection entrance handle-sets from Hickory Hardware range in price from $249-$399 USD. The collection will officially launch to the industry at K/BIS® (www.kbis.com) in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 8-11, and will be replacing Hickory Hardware's Period Brass-brand door products and accessories.

For sales or marketing information, please call Hickory Hardware toll-free at (877) 556-2918 or e-mail info@hickoryhardware.com.

For media information, contact Lauren A. Frohne, public relations, Koroberi, Inc. (www.koroberi.com), by phone at (919) 960-9794 ext. 25 or by e-mail at lauren@koroberi.com.