I am looking for history on a rocking chair with a label "Heywood
Brothers and Wakefield Company" Chicago, Il on the bottom.  I have
found quite a bit of information on rattan and wicker products mfrd by
Heywood/wakefield, but this chair is wood (cherry I think), with a
leather seat and intricate dragon type design on the top of the back. 
We can date the chair back to at least the early 1920's if not before.
 Where can I get photos or history of the chair in order to begin to
appraise?  Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 20 Sep 2004 16:04 PDT

This particular piece of furniture is going to be MUCH more difficult
to narrow down than your other one. I suspect the chair you described
is probably from a later period than you might think. If you want to
go about it this way, you can reduce your price a bit and let me point
you out to a handbook that is considered by many to be "THE" must-have
Heywood guide that every Heywood owner should have. It costs $18.95 +
$8.05 s/h and I'd be ahppy to point it out to you but I wouldn't feel
right doing that for the price you are currently offering. Bring your
price down some and I'll post - how's that? Otherwise I think we'll
just be chasing tails here because there are just way to many
Heywood/Wakefield items (era, styles, woods, etc) to consider on
description alone in a forum like this.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by scooby30-ga on 21 Sep 2004 06:29 PDT

Okay, I will take my price down and start with the book--does the book
have all types of furniture mfr'd by Heywood Bros and Wakefield, not
just rattan?  You are probably right about the date of the chair,
after further discussion with my family it is most likely a piece from
the 30's or 40's.  Thanks for your help.

Dear scooby30-ga;

Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. Since
my last post I have continued looking and have actually managed to
find the book in paperback for only $11.29 ! (About half the price of
the earlier one I found in hardback):

HEYWOOD-WAKEFIELD MODERN FURNITURE (PAPERBACK)
http://www.epinions.com/Heywood_Wakefield_Modern_Furniture_by_Steven_Rouland_and_by_Roger_W_Rouland


Here the book is offered for $13.19:

HEYWOOD-WAKEFIELD MODERN FURNITURE (PAPERBACK)
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/0891456244BT

This book is said to be THE guide for Heywood-Wakefield furniture
owners. It traces 100 years of furniture manufactured and sold by the
company and even provides some historical background. This
identification and value guide gives a detailed history of the company
and then goes on to chronicle the various styles that made the company
famous all thru the mid-twentieth century.  It shows hundreds of
original catalog reprints giving exact measurements, yardage needed
for upholstered goods, and provenance regarding which designer worked
on their pieces.  All of the style numbers referenced from our web
site come from this reference guide.

?A must-have for any serious Heywood-Wakefield afficianiado!?
TRI-STATE ANTIQUES
http://tri-stateantiques.com/hwbook.html

I?ve got my fingers crossed that you will find your piece in this book
and that it?s worth a million dollars! (Realistically it probably
won?t be worth a million bucks, but it doesn?t hurt to wish, does
it?). I appreciate your spirit of cooperation and your understanding
that not all questions "can" be answered. Sometimes a researcher can
only help a customer who is willing to help himself and TOGETHER the
answer is found. I really admire that in a customer.

I hope you find that my research exceeds your expectations. If you
have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. Otherwise I welcome your rating
and your final comments and I look forward to working with you again
in the near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga ? Google Answers Researcher



INFORMATION SOURCES

DEFINED ABOVE


SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:

HEYWOOD BROTHERS

WAKEFIELD

FURNITURE

ROCKING CHAIR

DRAGON

PRICE GUIDE

APPRAISAL

Thanks very much for your help, I look forward to looking in the book!