Abstract: The invention concerns a furniture knob suitably having a rectangular or oval front peripheral contour, the knob comprising a knob portion having a front face and a back face, part of the back face being adapted to be gripped by the fingers of a hand, and a shank portion at the back face of the knob portion, the shank portion having a square cross section and a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the back face. The invention also concerns a process for attaching the knob to a furniture face.