Featured Heywood identification? Help!

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Branding by Murbear2 posted Jul 17, 2019 at 7:44 PM

My mom recieved this piece from my grandfather.. it's by Heywood. At least that's what the branding indicates. However, we're unsure what exactly it is.. a cart, a wagon, a stroller? Cant seem to find anything remotely similar. Does anyone know what this is? Also a year made, or anything about it would be greatly appreciated!

 

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Thank you! Wasn't sure how to get them on here!

 

Hmmm, it "almost" looks like an old "convalescent chair" -- either for a hospital or a "sanatorium" or in a nursing home or for at-home use by a resident.

 

This does look like it was made for some kind of sanitarium...

Heywood Wakefield made Wicker wheelchairs. I don't know if they were ever called just Heywood.



MID 19TH HEYWOOD BROTHERS WICKER WHEELCHAIR Mid 19th Century Heywood Brothers and Co. wheelchair. Part of Heywood's collection before the more famous Heywood-Wakefield merge. Size: 28 x 22 x 38" Condition: VGC Est. 150-300 Lot 18339a

I dont know if any of their copy is accurate

 

I think it looks like a kiddo pull cart. I have no evidence to back that up.

 

I think it is an early stroller. Pulled instead of pushed
I'd guess early 1900s.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...-28&sk=&cvid=ADBC786BAA2F4AADAB979340C445015F

 

But with the contraption in the front, that's exactly what it looks like to me too @Jivvy

 

Can anyone read “the small print”?

 

Is yours kid size?



My aunt Shirley with her doll carriage. Dad came along in his own buggy

 

I think it might just say TRADE MARK...

 

Also, for dating, with some help from Wikipedia:

Heywood Brothers was established in 1826, Wakefield Company in 1855.

Both firms produced wicker and rattan furniture, and as these products became increasingly popular towards the end of the century, they became serious rivals.

In 1897 the companies merged as Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company. The name was changed to Heywood-Wakefield Company in 1921.

 

The "Heywood Brothers" label I included above is supposedly from earliest Heywood days.

That's why I said can't be sure the plaque saying just "Heywood" is theirs, but it could be...

 

seems like the right font

probably was once wicker.

 

Definitely the right font, just no wakefield.. you think maybe it was refurbished at one point?

 

It is kiddo sized!

 

If it helps, it is small.. I'm going to say the seat has to be about a foot wide, give or take a little. The seat is a cloth material with what looks like cotton? Stuffing..

 

So its sounding like its older than 1921? But it's made of metal, and no wicker!

 

I think you might be right..!

 

I think it's before the merger with Wakefield, so 1897 or earlier.