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<p>[QUOTE="DVH, post: 229515, member: 4482"]Hello,</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm working on gathering some information for my mother about a chair that has been in the family for 100+ years. In the picture you'll see some needlepoint replaced the original wicker, but other than that, I've been able to figure out this is Heywood Brothers and Wakefield, piece #297-3. I'm new to all this, but know it is from 1897-1921. I'm getting a couple books, but curious if anyone knows when Heywood/Wakefield went from all wicker to using wood, as this chair only had a wicker seat. Through family history, we also have figured out it would have been ordered through a catalog and shipped from Chicago or MA out to Utah. Any information on Heywood Bros. logistics would be interesting too. It sounds like this is a popular manufacturer, but very much information about this style seems to be hard to come by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DVH, post: 229515, member: 4482"]Hello, I'm working on gathering some information for my mother about a chair that has been in the family for 100+ years. In the picture you'll see some needlepoint replaced the original wicker, but other than that, I've been able to figure out this is Heywood Brothers and Wakefield, piece #297-3. I'm new to all this, but know it is from 1897-1921. I'm getting a couple books, but curious if anyone knows when Heywood/Wakefield went from all wicker to using wood, as this chair only had a wicker seat. Through family history, we also have figured out it would have been ordered through a catalog and shipped from Chicago or MA out to Utah. Any information on Heywood Bros. logistics would be interesting too. It sounds like this is a popular manufacturer, but very much information about this style seems to be hard to come by. Thanks![/QUOTE]
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