Born out of a kind of spontaneous combustion of Art Deco, Modern and Scandinavian styles, Heywood-Wakefield furniture was everyman’s furnishings in the ’40s and ’50s. Young marrieds bought ...

The Heywood-Wakefield Furniture Company began when five brothers from Gardener, Mass., began to build chairs in their barn. I wrote about the history of the company in a March 24 column.

Not until 1921 did they become known as Heywood-Wakefield Co. The chair in today's question, with its high back decorated with swags and roundels, is often called a photographer's chair, because ...

As they changed their name to Heywood-Wakefield in 1921, your label and their style suggest that your furniture dates to circa 1910-1920. Based on your photographs, they appear to be in their ...

In 1897, they merged with the Wakefield Company to become the Heywood-Wakefield Company, the famous makers of wicker furniture. So your chair was manufactured before 1897. Potential dollar value ...

In 1897, they merged with the Wakefield Company to become the Heywood-Wakefield Company, the famous makers of wicker furniture. So your chair was manufactured before 1897. Potential dollar value ...