October, 1920 
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Finials are found both indoors 
and out, on furniture, in 
gardens, on buildings. The 
example to the right is a 
square-headed dormer win¬ 
dow which suggests the use of 
finials in exterior woodwork 
This type of stone finial is 
often found in houses of the 
Holland Dutch type and is 
generally used with brick¬ 
work. Jacobean or English 
Renaissance stone finials were 
of the same character 
THE USE 
of 
FINIALS 
.4 Decorative Detail in 
IV ood, Stone or Metal 
Finials are especially at home 
on the top of gate posts, 
whether the material be stone, 
wood or stucco. Stone finials 
very frequently appear as the 
finish of brick gate posts and 
pillars 
The monotony of' a long line 
of paneling can be effectively 
broken by placing finials at 
intervals. They also appear 
as embellishments on tall 
clocks, highboys and cabinets 
of Colonial design 
The first in this group is a wooden gale 
post finial of the old Salem type. Many 
were elaborately carved. The second is an 
inverted finial in black walnut from an old 
Rhode Island manor house, and the third 
a newel finial typical of early Colonial 
woodwork 
