For four generations, Newel has inspired international collectors and designers with one of the most extensive decorative and fine arts galleries in the world.
A family business since 1939, our roots are firmly planted in New York, where we spent our earliest days furnishing some of Broadway’s most fabled productions. Today, we continue the tradition as the world’s premier decorative arts resource for distinguished private collectors and industry-leading designers.
We offer a range of rare antiques and vintage finds that span centuries and styles, enabling our clients to find unique pieces with which they can furnish their homes.
Newel’s current collection boasts well over 40,000 extraordinary works from around the globe, with classic pieces dating from the 17th- to 21st-centuries, in addition to a trove of contemporary original designs and reproductions, such as Karl Springer, Gary Dipasquale, Robert Lee Morris, along with its own Newel Modern Collection.
In 2015, we celebrated a significant expansion, with our curated services now offered at two new locations: A 9,000 square foot gallery in Manhattan for our ever-changing collection, and a 65,000 square foot showroom and warehouse in Long Island City reminiscent of our previous and storied home on east 53rd street. Since then, Newel expanded its Long Island City warehouse location to a total of 130,000 sqft.
In 2023 Newel also expanded its business by acquiring Gary Rubinstein Antiques and Modern Design Inventory along with taking over his gallery space in Hollywood Florida in the South Florida Design Park.
The Newel team is committed to continually growing and strengthening our relationships with our clients. Our knowledgeable staff is always available to answer any questions you may have and provide assistance in picking the perfect piece for your home. We look forward to helping you find something special!
Thank you for choosing Newel
Sincerely,
Newel Family and Staff
Meyer Newman creates Newel Art Galleries as a place for Broadway producers to rent furniture and props to use in their theater productions. Meyer Newman took 20 antiques from his personal home and displayed them on a table in an empty store on 47th Street and Second Avenue.
Meyer Newman hired a picker who would collect discarded furniture from various tenants on the Upper East Side.
Newel furnishes many Broadway plays and becomes a well known prop shop. (Pictured: Newel Art Galleries featured in the My Fair Lady Playbill credits, 1941)
Newel became the main prop source for budding television. During this time, productions were programmed live and filmed in New York City.
Bruce Newman, Meyer’s son, inherits Newel and becomes the new CEO.
Newel moves to 425 E 53rd Street. This is the first time all the inventory is stored under the same roof.
Newel Art Galleries at 425 E 53rd Street. A six-story building where each floor represented a different time period.
Newel begins their print advertising campaign. Each ad depicted a single object positioned on a black background with a witty tag-line. (Pictured: An example of a Newel advertisement featured in Architectural Digest)
Newel receives various awards and recognition for their exceptional ad campaign (Pictured: An article in Avenue Magazine praising Newel ads, 1991)
Newel enters the digital world and creates www.newel.com. At this time, Newel was the first antiques dealer to disclose descriptions, images, measurements, and prices on the web.
Forbes names the Newel website “Best of The Web”
Lewis Baer, Meyer’s grandson, purchases the company from his uncle Bruce Newman and is named the new CEO of Newel.
Newel sells 425 E 53rd and moves into a 55,000 sq ft. warehouse in Long Island City and opens up a 10,000 sq ft. sales showroom in Manhattan on 306 East 61st.
Jake Baer, Lewis’s son, becomes the new CEO of the Newel company.
Newel Props is officially founded. The birth of Newel Props marks the official separation of the rental business from the selling business.
Newel opens a third location at the 1st Dibs gallery located in the Terminal Stores building at 269 11th Avenue.
Newel plants one tree for every new sign-up!
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