$1,860
H 24 in W 23.5 in D 32 in
Art Deco Streamline Lounge Chair Designed by Gilbert Rohde for Heywood Wakefield
By Gilbert Rohde, Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco lounge chair designed by Gilbert Rohde for Heywood Wakefield, Classic Art Deco streamline design, superior 1930s quality and heavy spring construction.
Velvet, Wood
$2,920Sale Price|20% Off
H 36.75 in W 34 in D 26 in
Early Heywood Wakefield Wicker and Wood Drinks/Bar Cart, circa 1910
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Heywood-Wakefield’s iconic Streamline Modern furniture line was introduced at the 1933 Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago.
Wicker
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 Wakefield, circa 1950.
Wood
Pair of Streamline Modern Lounge Chairs Heywood-Wakefield
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern streamline lounge chairs manufactured by Heywood-Wakefield.
Heywood Wakefield Art Deco Revival Tubular Steel Chaise Lounge, Daybed
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Heywood Wakefield Art Deco Revival streamline chaise lounge or daybed with cushioned seat and back on tubular steel frame.
Steel
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H 30.75 in W 21.5 in D 26 in
Vintage Art Deco Streamline Bauhaus Chrome Frieze Vinyl Folding Auditorium Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
Although these are not marked, we have seen similar chairs marked as Heywood Wakefield. They are all in great overall vintage condition.
Steel, Chrome
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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 Wakefield, circa 1950.
Maple
Heywood Wakefield Streamline Modern Round Coffee or Cocktail Table, C 2921 G
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Crockett, CA
Model C 2921 G on pages 71 & 91 of "Heywood-Wakefield Modern Furniture", Rouland & Rouland.
Art Deco Gilbert Rohde Streamline Sofa by Heywood-Wakefield, 1930
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gilbert Rohde
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Art Deco Gilbert Rohde streamline sofa by Heywood-Wakefield 1930 Magnificent Art Deco Gilbert Rohde streamline sofa by Heywood-Wakefield USA circa 1930, with bentwood arms and new...
Bentwood
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H 27 in W 50 in D 31 in
Gilbert Rohde for Heywood Wakefield Sofa Settee Two-Seat Art Deco Streamline
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gilbert Rohde
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Gilbert Rohde for Heywood-Wakefield, a stunning rare two-seat Art Deco Streamline sofa, circa 1930s, with bentwood arms and neutral fabric upholstery, One of Gilbert Rohde's best Art...
Bentwood
Streamline Coffee Table by Gilbert Rohde for Heywood Wakefield
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This solid maple table has a great modern look to it. The asymmetrical design creates a very interesting design. The wood has a great tone and the finish is beautifully hand polished.
Maple
Gilbert Rohde Sofa Settee Two-Seat Art Deco Streamline, circa 1930
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gilbert Rohde
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Gilbert Rohde for Heywood-Wakefield, a stunning rare two-seat Art Deco Streamline sofa, circa 1930s, with bentwood arms and neutral fabric upholstery, One of Gilbert Rohde's best Art...
Bentwood
Heywood Wakefield Streamline Modern Round Corner or Centre Table, C 2922 G
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Crockett, CA
Very nice slightly off-round Heywood Wakefield streamline modern table that can be used in a corner or as a centre table.
Birch
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H 27 in W 25 in D 32 in
Pair of Gilbert Rohde for Heywood Wakefield Art Deco Streamline Lounge Chairs
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gilbert Rohde
Located in Dallas, TX
One of Gilbert Rohde's best Art Deco designs for Heywood-Wakefield. Early example of American streamlining.
Bentwood, Mohair
Streamline Modern Lounge Chair in the Manner of Gilbert Rohde
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gilbert Rohde
Located in Fulton, CA
Gracefully designed American streamline modern bentwood lounge chair by Heywood Wakefield, mid-1930s.
Maple, Fabric
$1,872 / set
H 21.66 in W 24.02 in D 35.83 in
Pair of Italian Mid-Century-Modern Lounge Chairs in Ochre Boucle, 1970s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Pair of Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Modules can be used as a modular sofa or modular seating set. Beautiful and unique shape. A 1970 design and p...
Bouclé, Foam, Wood
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$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
$2,500 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
$14,950 / item
H 33.08 in W 115.36 in D 61.82 in
1950's Style Curved Velvet Sofa in Custom Velvet Colors
Located in New York, NY
The Sofa inspires itself nature where green is the predominant element and where valleys and hills prevail. The item’s details allow it to be the perfect statement piece for any cont...
Velvet, Walnut
$2,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 27 in W 60 in D 23 in
Mid Century Upholstered Lounge Chair in the Style of Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Basel, BS
Very cool and unique Mid Century Original Lounge Chair Floor rocker. This chair rocks, and if you put stoppers on it, it will remain stable. Perfect centerpiece as well as conversati...
Walnut, Upholstery
$3,850
H 42 in W 40 in D 17 in
Gilbert Rohde Art Deco Paldao Cabinet Refinished Drop Front Secretary Bookcase
By Gilbert Rohde, Herman Miller
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Art Deco Cabinet, designed by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller, American, circa 1930s. This piece is currently being refinished and will look wonderful when completed. Thi...
Metal
$1,995
H 31 in W 20.75 in D 22 in
Streamline Art Deco Cantilever Chair Chrome & Red Vinyl Attr Kem Webber-Lloyds
By lloyd manufacturing co., Kem Weber
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous streamline modern cantilever chair comprised of chrome frame and tomato red vinyl faux leather upholstery attributed to KEM Weber for Lloyd’s Manufacturing. Beautiful condit...
Chrome
Gugliemo Ulrich Attributed Art Deco Sofa
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An art deco sofa attributed to Gugliemo Ulrich. Rounded back and aviator style silhouette with wood plinth feet. Upholstery as found. Sourced in Northern Italy.
Upholstery
Gilbert Rohde Paldao Cabinet for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Hanover, MA
Gilbert Rohde designed this chest for Herman Miller as part of his 1941 Paldao Line of streamline modernist and modular furniture in exotic veneer. This is model no. 4103, two-door c...
Mahogany
Scarce Art Deco Lounge Chair by Kem Weber for Lloyd
By Kem Weber
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Important Design Art Deco Lounge Chair by Kem Weber for Lloyd. All original in as found condition. Original Red Upholstery.
Chrome
Swedish Designer, Lounge Chair, Metal, Fabric, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A tubular metal and fabric lounge chair, designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s. Seat Height (inches): 11.25" Arm Height (inches): 18.63" All items ship from High Point, North ...
Metal
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.
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