Heywood Wakefield Modern Furniture Identification And Value Guide

Their main rival the wakefield rattan company began operations in 1855.

Heywood wakefield modern furniture identification and value guide.

It s an important work for highlighting heywood wakefield s prominent position in mid century modern furniture history. Heywood wakefield modern furniture paperback august 1 1994 by steven rouland author visit. Heywood wakefield can trace its roots all the way back to 1826 with the establishment of the heywood brothers. With distinctive curved lines and a sleek look heywood wakefield furniture has found its way into many mid century modern homes.

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. 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. Maple was still used for some furniture but by 1940 heywood wakefield switched exclusively to birch. 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.

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. Around this same time heywood wakefield began using phillips head screws almost. If you can identify types of wood by its color and grain pattern this is another clue. In 1937 streamline maple became streamline modern.

The writing and history inside are very entertaining and informative.