Erich Theophile has brought his family’s century-old hardware business to New York City, expanding the collections and specializing in bespoke design projects. H. Theophile offers a broad range of historical styles based on antique patterns, historical reproductions and adaptations, as well as contemporary interpretations.

H. Theophile also has expertise in the reproduction and engineering of historical designs to function with modern mechanisms and as the basis for new designs.

With 25 years background and training as an architect and preservationist, Erich Theophile brings special expertise to the design of new hardware, as well as historical designs and replicas. As co-founder of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust, he has also spearheaded traditional crafts development and historic preservation in Nepal since 1991.

H. Theophile, founded by Hugo Theophile in 1882. Shopfront outside of Hamburg, Germany. Oil painting circa 1920.