CLASSIC WICKER FURNITURE. THE COMPLETE 1898-1899 ILLUSTRATED CATALOG. HEYWOOD & WAKEFIELD COMPANY

Título: CLASSIC WICKER FURNITURE. The Complete 1898-1899 Illustrated Catalog. Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company

Autor: Introducción de Richard Saunders

Idioma: Inglés

Editorial: Dover Publications, Inc., New York

Año Edición: 1982

ISBN: 0-486-24355-9

Páginas: 106

Formato: 23 x 30 cm

Encuadernación: Rústica

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The Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company 1898-1899 trade catalog of wicker furniture is probably the finest primary source on authentic turn-of-the century American wicker furniture. The catalog is the result of the merger in 1897 of the country's two leading wicker-furniture manufacturers (The Wakefield Rattan Company and Heywood Brothers and Company) and marks the beginning of the most famous of all wicker-furniture companies. In this, their first joint catalog, both firms contributed their very best designs and shared in the actual labor, creating a fantastic line of wicker furniture ranging from the classically simple to the ornately complex.

When properly constructed, wicker furniture combines airiness, sturdiness, affordability and adaptability. This excellent republication of the rare 1898-1899 trade catalog documents the multiple adaptations achieved by the Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, including: tables, cabinets, music stands, bassinets, cribs, lounges, jardinieres, taborets, carpet beaters, divans, ottomans, couches, hampers, piano stools, and a wide variety of rocking and stationary chairs. In over 400 sharply drawn illustrations the catalog reveals wicker's nearbaroque richness of invention and detail: intertwining tendrils, organic curves, scrolls, lyres, a cornucopia of Victorian ornamentation at its whimsical peak.

In his excellent introduction, noted furniture expert Richard Saunders traces the history and development of wicker furniture and the two firms wich later-formed the Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company. For the collector, enthusiast and historian this catalog is an indispensable guide to authenticating and identifying a broad spectrum of classic American wicker furniture. For the artist, designer, craftsman and furniture manufacturer, it is a fertile source of ornamentation and design inspiration, an outstanding visual record of American wicker furniture at its zenith.