description- – A file print of the Heywood-Wakefield Company school furniture and auditorium setting display at the April 5, 1952 Boston NEA exhibition. The photograph shows Heywood-Wakefield school desks and chairs in front of a wall depicting the furniture in use. Started in 1826, the Heywood-Wakefield Company was the largest furniture manufacturing companies in America by 1926. In addition to their chairs and household furniture, Heywood-Wakefield produced seats for trains, airplanes, buses, baseball parks, schools and municipal auditoriums.
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collectiondatecreatorpublishercontributor- – Heywood-Wakefield Company
relation- – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
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description- – A hand-drawn market samples design sheet for the Heywood-Wakefield Company High Point Furniture Line dated April 1969 by W. Joseph Carr. Design spreads such as these would appear in catalogs and advertising spreads, though it is unknown whether this one did or not. Shown are bookcases, chairs, tables and desks with their names and numbers. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked for the Heywood-Wakefield Company as a furniture designer from 1936 till the company closed its doors in 1979. He also did freelance furniture designs for a variety of furniture companies including S. Bent&Brothers, Inc.
subjectrights- – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
collectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
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