Like many collectors, Knittel mixes the Heywood-Wakefield with more high-end ’50s pieces, such as a Paul McCobb room divider/etagere/bookcase, two Thonet upholstered chairs and a George Nelson sofa.

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 ...

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 ...

Heywood-Wakefield Co. of Gardner, Mass., traces its history back to 1826, but it didn’t start using the name Heywood-Wakefield until 1921, and it began using the eagle trademark in 1946.

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 ...