Heywood wakefield modern furniture paperback august 1 1994 by steven rouland author visit.
Heywood wakefield modern furniture identification and value guide.
Around this same time heywood wakefield began using phillips head screws almost.
With distinctive curved lines and a sleek look heywood wakefield furniture has found its way into many mid century modern homes.
Their main rival the wakefield rattan company began operations in 1855.
Dining tables sofa tables desks storage cabinets tea carts chairs dressers and many other styles and forms of heywood wakefield furniture command very high prices on the vintage furniture and.
What comes to mind for most of us are the modern pieces produced by the company from roughly the 1930s to the early 1960s.
Are old blurry catalogue pictures instead of color photos with high clarity but this is also why they can pack so many identification photos into this book.
If you can identify types of wood by its color and grain pattern this is another clue.
Identification and value guide this classic by steven and roger rouland often just referred to as the rouland book was published by collector books in 1994.
These are the light blond pieces that are still so recognizable today.
Both companies produced rattan and wicker furniture that became very popular during the last quarter of the 19th century as outdoor and conservatory furnishings.
It s an important work for highlighting heywood wakefield s prominent position in mid century modern furniture history.
Heywood wakefield can trace its roots all the way back to 1826 with the establishment of the heywood brothers.
Unlike duncan phyfe furniture or eastlake furniture styles which have their own collecting following in the antiques market heywood wakefield furniture from the circa 1930s to the 1970s is popular and valuable with today s collectors of modern and mid century modern furniture internationally.