This stylish collector's guide is the first to acknowledge the highly collectible 'modern' furniture made by the Heywood-Wakefield company. Vintage advertisements, photos, and catalogs are featured in addition to the identification section. Virtually every piece of modern furniture the company produced between 1936 and 1965 is illustrated and identified by model number, description, and years manufactured. 2004 values. REVIEW: This book is an industry standard on Heywood-Wakefield Modern Furniture. It answers many questions about the furniture and helps readers appreciate the beauty of its fine craftsmanship.
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121 of 123 people found the following review helpful:
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THE must-have book for Heywood-Wakefield collectors,
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I have just started collecting Heywood-Wakefield furniture. I began after seeing a show on Home and Garden TV Network on the reissued Heywood-Wakefield line currently being manufactured. I ordered a catalog from them, visited their web site, then started looking for dealers here in Dallas. Long story short, I found a gentleman here in Dallas who buys and sells antique Heywood-Wakefield pieces. I looked at what he had to offer, and ended up spending a small fortune on several pieces for my bedroom and living room. He swore by this book. This is the Heywood-Wakefield collector's Bible. It has a comprehensive list of nigh every piece Heywood-Wakefield made from about the '20s on. It has pictures of all the pieces, comments on the piece's designer(s), history, and most importantly, an updated (1999) pricing list. Buy this, and you and your dealers will always "be on the same page," literally, when it comes to discussing pieces. This is especially helpful to those who are buying from dealers cross-country. A definite must-have!!!
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Very good reference,
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This book is everything I wanted. The illustrations are bery good and informative.
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HEYWOOD FURNITURE HISTORY COMPLETE!,
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Although this book is extremely informative and handy to have, I didn't realize it was just modern Wakefield, although the title DOES indicate such. Good book for research for sure -- finding these pieces is not an easy task, but if you do, referencing this book will be beneficial to the collector and dealer alike.
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As noted by Richard N. Greenwood, the birth of Hey-Wakefield "Modern" furniture traces its roots back more than a century to five Heywood brothers-Walter, Levi, Seth, Benjamin and William-who in 1826 began making wooden chairs in a small barn in Gardener, Massachusetts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
self platform, small wall table, hop measures, single filler, pier cabinet, tilting standard, full length drawer, top measures, bedroom group, adjustable shelf, vanity bench, extension leaf, double dresser, vanity base, seat measures, hanging mirror, attached mirror, extension table, adjustable shelves, revolving top, kneehole desk, china top, furniture line, overall height, cocktail table Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Modern Walnut, Leo Jiranek, Contract Package, Count Sakhnoffsky, Levi Heywood, Old Colony, Streamline Modern, World War, Alfons Bach, United States, Cyrus Wakefield, Los Angeles, Bottom Left, Gilbert Rohde, Bottom Right, Heywood-Wakefield Modern, Middle Right, Wakefield Rattan Company, Joseph Carr, Streamline Maple, Century of Progress, Middle Left, Early American, Ernest Herrmann, World's Fair Modern New!
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As noted by Richard N. Greenwood, the birth of Hey-Wakefield "Modern" furniture traces its roots back more than a century to five Heywood brothers-Walter, Levi, Seth, Benjamin and William-who in 1826 began making wooden chairs in a small barn in Gardener, Massachusetts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
self platform, small wall table, hop measures, single filler, pier cabinet, tilting standard, full length drawer, top measures, bedroom group, adjustable shelf, vanity bench, extension leaf, double dresser, vanity base, seat measures, hanging mirror, attached mirror, extension table, adjustable shelves, revolving top, kneehole desk, china top, furniture line, overall height, cocktail table Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Modern Walnut, Leo Jiranek, Contract Package, Count Sakhnoffsky, Levi Heywood, Old Colony, Streamline Modern, World War, Alfons Bach, United States, Cyrus Wakefield, Los Angeles, Bottom Left, Gilbert Rohde, Bottom Right, Heywood-Wakefield Modern, Middle Right, Wakefield Rattan Company, Joseph Carr, Streamline Maple, Century of Progress, Middle Left, Early American, Ernest Herrmann, World's Fair Modern New!
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