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February 24, 2009
hardware for midcentury table
I bought this Heywood-Wakefield table on ebay. It's cute, but the handle on the drawer looks like it's not original--it looks like a cheap hardware store item. Anyone know what would be more appropriate, and where I can get it? Thanks.
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You need a fifties style handle. Try Rejuvenation Hardware online. They have stuff from various 20th century periods. Or go to Simon's Hardware on 3rd Ave, Manhattan. Just by telling them what you have, they might be able to suggest something.
Posted by: load07 at February 24, 2009 5:38 PM
Try Restoration Hardware in the city. 22nd Street and 5th Ave across from the Flat Iron Building.
Posted by: arch_tect at February 25, 2009 1:10 PM
The handles on Heywood-Wakefield furniture were always fashioned out of birch wood. I'd get a small woodworking shop to make a replica. Check out some of the photos from the Heywood-Wakefield website for reference.
http://www.heywood-wakefield.com/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 25, 2009 3:49 PM
Heywood Wakefield has lost much of its value over the past decade. Unless it really matters, it won't effect the value and you will be paying more than it's worth.
Posted by: Iknow at February 25, 2009 4:09 PM
I don't think this little table would have had a handle on the drawer at all. Many of the drawers like this with the exposed bottom edge would not have had a handle. Furniture from this period, if the drawers even needed a handle, may have integrated handles that were often part of a larger decorative effect like with the Kohinoor bedroom set.
Later furniture did have handles like one of our diningroom sets: little gold and enameled hourglass-shaped pulls
For the piece pictured above, I'd remove the handle and have the holes filled and masked by a professional.
Posted by: BrooklynGreene at February 25, 2009 5:31 PM
Thanks for those suggestions--I'll check those stores and also look into having the holes simply filled--I agree that would probably be the best looking.
Posted by: frabjousday at February 26, 2009 9:55 PM
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