Bell pull
Embroidered textile used to ring servant bells
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A bell pull is a woven textile, pull cord, handle, knob, or other object that connects with a bell or bell wire, and which rings a service bell when pulled. Bell pulls may be used to summon workers in homes of people who employ butlers, housemaids, nannies or other domestic workers,[1][2] and often have a tassel at the bottom.[3] The bell pull is one element of a complex interior mechanical network which, in Victorian times, typically involved a range of bell pulls in different rooms, connected to a central bank of labelled bells in a room where servants would wait to be summoned.[2]
Central bell panel
In the 19th century, some hotels also had such panels, with a bell for each room, as parts of centralized bell systems.[2]
Transport
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A bell pull is widely used in public transport buses and trams to signal the driver to halt at the next stop.[4]