Drawer pull
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A drawer pull or simply pull is a handle
Handle (grip)
A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition...

 to pull a drawer out of a chest
Chest of drawers
A chest of drawers, also called a dresser or a bureau, is a piece of furniture that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above another...

 or other furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

 piece.

A drawer pull often consists of a plate to which a handle
Handle (grip)
A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition...

is fastened. The handle may swing from one or two points ("drop handle" or "swing handle"), making a drop drawer pull. The handle may also be fastened to the plate with rivets, making it immovable. The plate may be ornamented by piercing or embossing, or both. The ornament may also be cut on the surface with tools, leaving it sunken into the metal. The stock for handles may be round, rectangular or irregular forged shapes.

Drawer pulls may also be in one piece, either a handle only or a plate shaped into a grip.
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