Heywood-Wakefield is a family-run company in Massachusetts dedicated to building furniture with style and craft that lasts generations.
Founded in a barn in Gardner, MA in 1826, and revived in 1992, Heywood-Wakefield has made everything from church pews, subway seats and baby carriages to some of the 20th century's most iconic Modern furniture.
Today, we build and design in the streamlined Modern style that's won generations of fans.
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Two centuries of American furniture making
In 1826, the five Heywood brothers began building chairs in their father's barn in Gardner, MA. Over the next 150 years, it grew to become one of America's largest furniture companies, building everything from church pews, subway seats and baby carriages to some of the 20th century's most iconic home furniture.
The company ceased operations in 1981 and was restarted by two architectural preservationists and a furniture refinisher with the goal of keeping Heywood-Wakefield's streamlined Mid-Century Modern designs in production.
Construction and craft that lasts generations
Every piece of Heywood-Wakefield furniture is built to order in Winchendon, MA, by a team of craftspeople that care deeply about details. Led by Tom Belletete, co-owner and 3rd generation Massachusetts woodworker, we are keeping a Massachusetts furniture building tradition alive, training a new generation of furniture makers and working exclusively in sustainably-harvested American hardwood.
An American Modern design heritage
Some of the 20th century's most influential designers contributed to Heywood-Wakefield, including Leo Jiranek, Gilbert Rohde, Russell Wright, Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, Ernest Herrman and W. Joseph Carr. Our pieces are iconic, instantly recognizable and an important part of the modern design movement in America.
