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.
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In September, 2025, while visiting the Heywood-Wakefield corporate archives at the Levi Heywood Memorial Library in Gardner, MA, we found...
^ Tom and his son, Joe, in their Winchendon, MA shop in front of the programming station for their Biesse...
Tom Belletete is a 3rd generation Massachusetts woodworker, furniture designer, electrical engineer and, since 2022, the CEO and co-owner of Heywood-Wakefield. William Doyle-Capitman, Heywood-Wakefield’s Director of Marketing & Sales, interviewed Tom in February, 2025. In this excerpt, Tom discuss the construction of Heywood-Wakefield furniture, the attributes of the wood we use, why so much vintage furniture has survived and the ways in which the new furniture is more robust.