$1,895
H 45.25 in W 32 in D 19 in
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern “Riviera” Highboy Birch Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Highboy from Heywood Wakefield is part of their celebrated “Riviera” line, one of the company’s most
Birch
Mid Century Modern Heywood Wakefield Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Heywood Wakefield Highboy Dresser This mid century modern highboy dresser by
Birch
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H 47 in W 38 in D 19 in
Vintage Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Dresser Highboy Chest of Drawers 1955
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare and signed vintage Heywood Wakefield highboy, chest with five spacious drawers in champagne
Wood, Birch
Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern Highboy Dressers, Pair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering a very nice pair of Mid-Century Modern Heywood-Wakefield highboy dressers. Each dresser
Birch
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H 45.25 in W 32 in D 19.5 in
1940s Art Deco Heywood Wakefield RIO Highboy Dresser Blonde Maple by Leo Jiranek
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Leo Jiranek
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art Deco 1940s designed by Leo Jiranek RIO Tall Dresser for Heywood Wakefield Highboy Dresser Chest
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Encore Highboy
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Solid maple Heywood Wakefield Encore dresser with 5 drawers and eyebrow drawer pulls. In
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Sculptura Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering a very nice Heywood-Wakefield Sculptura highboy dresser in champagne. This dresser has
Heywood Wakefield Blonde Streamline Maple Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Blonde maple highboy dresser featuring the "Streamline Maple" look and produced by Heywood
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Highboy Dresser by Heywood Wakefield
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Freehold, NJ
This Mid-Century Modern highboy dresser by Heywood Wakefield features hardwood construction
Birch
Heywood Wakefield Mid Century Tambour Door Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Heywood Wakefield mid century tambour door highboy dresser The dresser measures: 41 wide x 20.5
Wood
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H 45.75 in W 34 in L 45.75 in
Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern Solid Maple Highboy Dressers, 1950s
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
Mid-Century Modern solid maple highboy dresser Made by Heywood-Wakefield USA, 1950s
Maple
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H 48 in W 38 in D 19.25 in
Heywood Wakefield Sculptura Mid-Century Modern Solid Maple Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern sculpted solid maple "Sculptura" highboy dresser by Heywood-Wakefield
Maple
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H 47.5 in W 38 in L 47.5 in
Heywood Wakefield Sculptra Mid Century Blonde Wheat 5 Drawer Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Heywood Wakefield sculptra mid century blonde wheat 5 drawer highboy dresser Dresser measures: 38
Wood
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H 50 in W 34 in D 18 in
Mid-Century Modern Heywood Wakefield Tall Chest of Drawers Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in West Hartford, CT
Tall Heywood Wakefield chest with birch construction with case having four spacious drawers. In
Birch
Heywood Wakefield Mid Century Blonde Solid Wood 5 Drawer Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Heywood Wakefield Mid Century blonde solid wood 5 drawer highboy dresser Dresser measures: 33 wide
Wood
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H 44.5 in W 40 in D 19 in
Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern Highboy Dresser M1962 Topaz Circa 1960
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in West Chester, PA
Vintage Heywood Wakefield model M1962 tall chest in original Topaz finish featuring solid birch
Birch
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H 45 in W 34 in D 19 in
Heywood Wakefield Kohindoor Vintage Mid Century Modern Highboy Dresser c. 1960s
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Denville, NJ
remarkable creation by Heywood Wakefield for their Kohinoor collection. This dresser is expertly crafted from
Birch
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H 43.5 in W 36 in D 18 in
Heywood-Wakefield Contessa MCM Walnut Formica and Brass Cats Eye Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Heywood-Wakefield Contessa mid century walnut formica and brass cats eye highboy dresser Dresser
Brass
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H 45.25 in W 32 in D 19.5 in
1940s Lovely Deco Heywood Wakefield 2 RIO Dressers in Maple Wood by Leo Jiranek
By Leo Jiranek, Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Dressers 1940s designed by Leo Jiranek RIO 2 Tall Dressers for Heywood Wakefield Listed are two
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Kohinoor Dresser, ca. 1950
Located in Astoria, NY
Heywood Wakefield "Kohinoor" four-drawer highboy dresser in the "Wheat" finish. Here are the
Wood
Vintage Heywood-Wakefield M572 Highboy Dresser from the Trophy Suite
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage birch Heywood-Wakefield highboy dresser from the trophy suite. This dresser has four
Birch
Heywood Wakefield Sculptura Highboy in Cheating Heart
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Hanover, MA
Mid-Century Modern classic "Sculptura" five-drawer tall chest of drawers by Heywood-Wakefield in
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern Highboy Dresser, 1950s
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A very nice Mid-Century Modern highboy chest of drawers by Heywood Wakefield. The dresser features
Birch
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H 46.25 in W 32 in D 19 in
Heywood Wakefield Art Deco "Airflow" Solid Maple Highboy Dresser, 1930s
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
Jiranek for Heywood Wakefield. The dresser features beautiful maple wood grain with solid sculpted drawer
Maple
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H 43.5 in W 34 in D 19 in
1950s Heywood Wakefield Encore highboy dresser art deco mid century modern
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
An exceptional 1950s, Heywood Wakefield Encore 5 drawer high boy dresser in a beautiful wheat color
Maple
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H 44 in W 38 in D 19.75 in
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Birch Highboy Dresser by Heywood Wakefield
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
Birch
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H 44.5 in W 41 in D 20.75 in
Paul McCobb Style Black Lacquered Highboy Dresser by Heywood Wakefield
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Paul McCobb
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding newly black lacquered highboy dresser by Heywood Wakefield. The dresser has a
Birch, Lacquer
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H 47 in W 34 in D 19 in
Heywood Wakefied Blonde Streamline Maple Highboy Drawers **Saturday Sale**
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Blonde maple highboy dresser featuring the "Streamline Maple" look and produced by Heywood
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Highboy Dresser
Located in Southampton, NY
Four drawer highboy dresser.
Wood
1950s Mid Century Modern Heywood Wakefield Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Hollywood, FL
Splendid Heywood Wakefield blonde birch wood five drawer tall dresser. Features Heywood Wakefield
Wood
Heywood Wakefield Rio Highboy
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Morgan, UT
Leo Jiranek for Heywood Wakefield Rio Highboy Heywood Wakefield, USA, 1944 Measures: 32 Wide
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Kohinoor Highboy Dresser #M144
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Ernest Herrmann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Design. Designed by Ernest Herrmann for Heywood Wakefield Furniture Item #M144 of the Kohinoor
Wood
Heywood Wakefield Walnut and Laquer Highboy
Located in Stamford, CT
Heywood Wakefield Walnut and Laquer Highboy Dresser. Three deep drawers and sliding compartments.
Solid Birch Heywood Wakefield Highboy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Measures: W37.5 D19 H39 4 drawer Highboy with wide drawers, smooth sliding drawers and solid
Wood
Heywood-Wakefield Rio Highboy Dresser, 1940s, Newly Refinished
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Morgan, UT
Heywood Wakefield Rio Highboy Dresser Heywood-Wakefield, USA, 1940s 32" wide x 18.63" deep x
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Large "Encore" Dresser or Highboy M532
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Crockett, CA
This is the rarest and largest Heywood Wakefield chest, it was manufactured for one year only 1954
Birch
Chest of Drawers Heywood Wakefield Miami Series Highboy - C3912
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Crockett, CA
Very nice highboy chest with four deep drawers, each drawer interior is 8" deep. Drawer pulls
Birch
$82,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 35.44 in D 61.03 in
Ubald Klug DS-1025 "Terrazza" Sofa for De Sede, Brown Leather, 1974, Set of 4
By Ubald Klug, De Sede
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Ubald Klug DS-1025 "Terrazza" sofas for De Sede, brown leather, Switzerland, 1974, set of four. Ubald Klug designed this rare modular DS-1025 "Terrazza" sofa as a real living landsc...
Leather
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$2,990
H 31.5 in W 33.47 in D 16.15 in
1960s Art Deco Mid-Century Italian Walnut Burl and Mirror Mosaic Dry Bar Cabinet
By Ico & Luisa Parisi, Vittorio Dassi, Guglielmo Ulrich, Gio Ponti, Paolo Buffa
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern dry bar cabinet decorated in various veneer briar burl wood, with two side doors, central slant door and antique brass handles. When ope...
Brass
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the R...
Maple
$42,000 / set
H 30.52 in W 41.74 in D 33.08 in
René Drouet Pair of Lounge Chairs in Olive Green Corduroy and Walnut
By René Drouet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
René Drouet, pair of lounge chairs, corduroy velvet, walnut, France, 1930s Designed by French decorator René Drouet, these club chairs are a quintessential example of French Art Dec...
Velvet, Walnut
$4,784 / set
H 29.93 in W 20.08 in D 20.48 in
Set of 12 Lucite Pink and Chrome Plia Chairs, Piretti for Castelli, Italy 1970s
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 12 original and signed "Plia" pink lucite folding chairs. NOS (new old Stock) This fantastic set was designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli in 1967. PLIA, the symbol of a...
Steel, Chrome
$34,000
H 26.5 in W 92.75 in D 32 in
Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Lehigh Leopold, Warren Platner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and highly sought-after collectors piece (with celebrity provenance) is a Warren Platner Executive Leather Case Sofa designed for Lehigh Leopold in circa 1970...
Chrome
Italian Architectural Wall Unit in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall unit or wardrobe, walnut, Italy, 1970s This striking wall unit from the 1970s reflects a bold modernist approach with an architectural appearance. Crafted from rich walnut, the...
Walnut
$97,500
H 56.5 in W 193 in D 45.625 in
Sculptural Wall-Mounted Teak Console in the Style of Ico Parisi, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary and rare Mid-Century wall-mounted teak console, exquisitely crafted and evocative of the visionary work of Italian designer Ico Parisi. Strikingly sculptural and hig...
Steel
$3,362
H 51.97 in W 44.89 in D 13.78 in
Art Deco Stylish Display Vitrine Cabinet in Walnut, English, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful and original 1930s Art Deco English walnut display cabinet. A lovely piece of furniture that's veneered in figured mid tone walnut. Still retains its original silk interior...
Glass, Walnut
$3,710Sale Price|30% Off
H 32.5 in W 85 in D 28 in
Antique 19th C. American Empire Flame Mahogany Claw Foot Parlor Sofa Couch 85"
Located in Dayton, OH
Fine American Empire parlor sofa / couch with classical form and masterful carvings. Made of flamed mahogany featuring carved back crest and flared rolled arms accented with carved f...
Mahogany, Burl
$2,300 / item
H 20.5 in W 14 in D 67 in
HIFI Vinyl LP Storage Bench / Record Shelf Mid-Century Modern Walnut Pete Deeble
By Pete Deeble
Located in Long Beach, CA
This bench is the ideal solution to having records sitting all over your house and no place to sit. This is an original design, but with a strong influence of Mid Century Danish Mode...
Walnut
Canapé "Rognon" Art déco en placage d'acajou 1930
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Canapé "Rognon" Art déco en placage d'acajou 1930's Restauration nécessaire
Wood
$30,500
H 75.2 in W 66.93 in D 23.23 in
20th Century Osvaldo Borsani Two Mirrored Doors Closet with Lights for ABV, 40s
By Atelier Borsani Varedo, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Turin, Turin
Osvaldo Borsani in 1953, together with his brother Fulgenzio, realized his most complex project: a company idea named after the "techne" of the Greeks, which means both art and techn...
Brass
Swedish Modern coffee table / side table, 1940s
By Carl-Erik Johansson
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite Swedish coffee table from the 1940s is a true masterpiece of mid-century design, combining elegance with innovative craftsmanship. The table features a raw glass top, ...
Metal
Fine French Art Deco Rosewood Dressing Table / Vanity
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French 1930s wooden psyche / vanity with six drawers, one secret drawer, a chrome framed mirror, and chrome baseboard and knobs. The back of the piece is also veneered so it c...
Chrome
Created by the 19th-century merger of two venerable Massachusetts furniture makers, Heywood-Wakefield was one of the largest and most successful companies of its kind in the United States. In its early decades, the firm thrived by crafting affordable and hugely popular wicker pieces in traditional and historical styles. In the midst of the Great Depression, however, Heywood-Wakefield reinvented itself, creating instead the first modernist furniture — chairs, tables, dressers and more — to be widely embraced in American households.
The Heywoods were five brothers from Gardner, Massachusetts, who in 1826 started a business making wooden chairs and tables in their family shed. As their company grew, they moved into the manufacture of furniture with steam-bent wood frames and cane or wicker seats, backs and sides.
In 1897, the Heywoods joined forces with a local rival, the Wakefield Rattan Company, whose founder, Cyrus Wakefield, got his start on the Boston docks buying up lots of discarded rattan, which was used as cushioning material in the holds of cargo ships, and transforming it into furnishings. The conglomerate initially did well with both early American style and woven pieces, but taste began to change at the turn of the 20th century and wicker furniture fell out of fashion.
In 1930, Heywood-Wakefield brought in designer Gilbert Rohde, a champion of the Art Deco style. Before departing in 1932 to lead Herman Miller — the prolific Michigan manufacturer that helped transform the American home and office — Rohde created well-received sleek, bentwood chairs for Heywood-Wakefield and gave its colonial pieces a touch of Art Deco flair.
Committed to the new style, Heywood-Wakefield commissioned work from an assortment of like-minded designers, including Alfons Bach, W. Joseph Carr, Leo Jiranek and Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, a Russian nobleman who had made his name in Europe creating elegant automotive body designs.
In 1936, the company introduced its “Streamline Modern” group of furnishings, presenting a look that would define the company’s wares for another 30 years. The buoyantly bright, blond wood — maple initially, later birch — came in finishes such as amber “wheat” and pink-tinted “champagne.” The forms of the pieces, at once light and substantial, with softly contoured edges and little adornment beyond artful drawer pulls and knobs, were featured in lines with names such as “Sculptura,” “Crescendo” and “Coronet.” It was forward-looking, optimistic and built to last — a draw for middle-class buyers in the Baby Boom years.
By the 1960s, Heywood-Wakefield began to be seen as “your parents’ furniture.” The last of the Modern line came out in 1966; the company went bankrupt in 1981. The truly sturdy pieces have weathered the intervening years well, having found a new audience for their blithe and happy sophistication.
Find vintage Heywood-Wakefield desks, vanities, tables and other furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Antique, new and vintage dressers are a staple in any household. Whether it’s a 19th-century solid pine or oak Welsh kitchen dresser you’re using to store tableware or a Broyhill Brasilia highboy in your bedroom, these furniture fixtures are essential for making the most of your space.
The first step in finding the perfect dresser is considering your particular needs. Most tall dressers offer anywhere from five to seven drawers, essentially allowing for the organization of an entire wardrobe, while shorter, waist-height dresser varieties can be equipped with a convenient vanity mirror.
A highboy dresser is usually around six feet tall, with some versions standing even taller at seven feet or so. Highboys, which began to appear with frequency during the early 17th century in England, are essentially very tall dressers with lots of drawers, whereas a lowboy is a different type of storage furniture in that it's a dressing table with one or two rows of drawers.
When shopping for your antique or vintage dresser, consider those that bear the hallmarks of solid construction. Good furniture means making an investment, and solid hardwood pieces of maple, walnut or cherry will prove far more durable than a bedroom dresser made of particleboard.
If you’re looking for a mid-century modern case piece that boasts a subdued pairing of wood grains and uncomplicated drawer pulls, browse elegant dressers designed by Florence Knoll, Harvey Probber, Paul McCobb and other furniture makers associated with the celebrated style on 1stDibs.
Dressers characterized by bolder designs are also popular: Not only will your new piece of furniture be a storage solution, but it'll also make a statement.
Art Deco furniture makers preferred to work with dark woods and typically incorporated decorative embellishments. An ornately carved French or Italian Art Deco dresser complete with vanity mirror and cabriole scrolled feet might better complement the other pieces in your home. Alternatively, if you favor sumptuous antique furniture with curving lines and floral flourishes, the collection on 1stDibs also includes sophisticated 1800s-era Victorian walnut dressers and washstands with marble tops.
After all, a good case piece isn’t merely for minimizing clutter in your space. The style of your chosen dresser and its specific attributes should add something to your decor and your home. Modern creations include one-of-a-kind shapes, like the venturesome chests of drawers in leather, marble and wood crafted by the likes of Roberto Cavalli.
Explore a broad array of antique and vintage dressers today on 1stDibs.