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Antique - Rare Find - Haywood-Wakefield - Wingback Chair w /side magazine pocket.
Item Details: High Grade Pure MoHair Upholstered Wingbback Chair.
Dimensions: 35" wide x 30" deep x 43" high (weight of 30 pounds including the fine grade upholstery.
If you Google: "Haywood Wakefield Wingback Chair" you will see Antique Auction Sites selling the same authentic chair for $3500 to $5500+ (as sold items already).
We are not looking to get full market value for this chair. We'd love for it to go to a home where it can be enjoyed to the fullest.
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More: Antique Heywood Wakefield wingback chair in triple cross pattern. Beautiful, natural multi-toned finish. A truly rare find. Victorian natural wicker wing chair with "X" design filigree back and side magazine pocket. Heywood-Wakefield.
The makers: The Heywood-Wakefield Company is anAmerican furniture manufacturerestablished in 1897. It went on to become a major presence in the US. Its older products are considered collectibles and have been featured on Antiques Roadshow.
They produced wicker and rattan furniture in the late 19th century. Wakefield initiated its mechanized production.
The wicker styles drew on theAesthetic Movementand Japanese influences; simpler designs arose in the wake of theArts and Crafts Movement. The merged entity stayed abreast of wicker furniture trends by hiring designers such as Paul Frankl and Donald Deskey during the 1920s.
Its furniture was exhibited at the 1933Century of Progressexhibition and at the1964 New York World's Fair. During the 1930s and 1940s Heywood-Wakefield began producing furniture using sleek designs based onFrench Art Deco.