Finials Unlimited

10/10/2025

brass drapery rings with a built-in roller system!... over the past 35-plus years we have come up with some very innovative and unique solutions in the drapery field... these are not of our design but were recently found and show the extent that others before us have gone to solve curtain opening and closing issues in the past... never saw these until recently!... these rings glide exceptionally well along any length of a pole and the craftsmanship that went into making them is very detailed... all from a bygone period

03/18/2024

A lacquered walnut end table with five different types of molded glass and gold-plated fillets, designed by yours truly, for our house in the country. The remarkably gifted artisans Joe Biunno, Miriam Ellner (), Osmundo Echevarria (), and Michael Vetrone collaborated on this jewel of a table.

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02/16/2024

some new designs added to ourline of drapery pole brackets... first photo is a reinforced end bracket and the second photo is a center bracket... big thing to note here is that the screws that mount the bracket to the wall do not show when installed... clients are very much liking this new design and the installers are finding it easy to install as well... all brackets are made to suit the jobs curtain return measurement... as often done, again we set ourselves apart from the competition

10/23/2023

03/29/2023

today's post is of an incredible, mirrored powder room vanity we made a number of years ago for Michael Simon Interiors... the moulding on the cabinet is from the venerable firm of P.E. Guerin, who also did the 23k gold plating to perfection, as well... glass/mirror work was done by Zecca, I believe... an outstanding ex*****on and coordination of work from the finest vendors New York City has to offer

03/23/2023

no space goes unused!... a photo of our hallway space leading into our shop and office/showroom at the New York Artisan Center in Long Island City... in the first photo are framed copies of some of the many magazine articles that we have been featured in and original drawings of various furniture legs and drapery finials of just a few of the many pieces we have made over the years... a unique feature of our shop is our "drafting" wall where we draw all of our projects full size using custom made X-Y drafting equipment... NO scaled drawings!... the wall accommodates drawings up to 9ft. by 9 ft!.... every aspect of a piece of furniture that we are making is detailed on our drawings and discussed with our clientel for approval before fabrication begins... it is the first step in bringing our customers ideas to life and has always been well received as a unique design aid in the fabrication process... we often have decorators bring our full size drawings to a clients home to pin to a wall to get a sense of scale of what they want that piece to have in the room, and to check to see if adjustments need to be made...

03/14/2023

here is a stool from a set of four we made for Michael Simon Interiors, that are a bit different in that all the detail pieces were made as seperate pieces, finished, then all pieces glued together to make the bench... doing the finishing before the final assembly gave the details a more three dimensional look and much better shadow lines and under cuts... a lot more work to achieve this look but the effort makes the piece like no other... the finish is a 23k, water gilt, burnished gold leaf with a water gilt white gold leaf(looks like silver) contrasting finish... finishing done by Sarah Porter Studios... the upholstery is museum quality, done by the renowned Deangelis Upholstery Co.

02/14/2023

01/23/2023

small work shop/office space for interior design company (Long Island City)
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47-32 austell place near 2nd floor room 206
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come join a select group of New York's finest artisians, who work for the very best of New York's interior designers and architects... The New York Artisan Center has a 335 sq.ft.(net usable) space available to rent, preferably to someone who is working in the interior design field... we are a group of high end, friendly artisans who cater to the best of the best decorators and architects(Peter Marino, Brian McCarthy, Bunny Williams, to name a few)... this 2nd floor space has beautiful windows, the building has 24 hour access, a very large freight elevator and is very clean and has excellent lighting... so if you are looking for a small workshop or an office please contact us... three year lease available... rent is $1,800 per month... no fees involved!!!!!... come take a look!... NYC subway and LIRR is an 8 minute walk... the Long Island Expressway and midtown tunnel is 2 minutes away!... call 516-606-6627... or email us through the craigslist listing...
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The New York Artisan Center is a group of New York's finest artisans and craftsmen servicing the interior design community.

06/27/2022

here is something you will rarely see(and most likely never see!)... a queen size sleigh bed with a suspended "crown" in the center of the bed... beds with suspended crowns, the metal arms would almost always come out of the top of the bed posts... but on a sleigh bed that is never done and would not look right... so we hand fabricated the metal arms to extend down to the floor to a plate that attached to the very bottom of each leg, so the bed could still be moved when needed... problem solved!... bed and crown was hand carved by us and all the metal work was done in the shop... bed completely comes apart for ease of transport... decorator commented that they had never seen that done before and was quite pleased

06/27/2022

here's a blast from the past!

a bed we made for Hethea Nye more than 20 years ago!

06/24/2022

here we have a partial sampling of 50-plus drapery poles of the many types of poles that we have been making for more than 30 years since we started "Finials Unlimited"... the styles are virtual limitless and consist of straight reeding and fluting, spiral twists of flutes and reeds, harlequins and on and on... the samples are many and finished in many combinations of paint, stain, gold and silver leafing to name a few options... these were often copied by others but never duplicated... we are truly the number one source for the finest drapery hardware ever produced