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Heal & Son was one of the major manufacturers
and retailers of well-made, well-designed Arts & Crafts furniture
for the middle class. Simple and stylish, Heal's pieces perfectly
synthesize the varying influences of William Morris, Baillie Scott,
and the Cotswold craftsmen such as Edward Barnsley and Ernest
Gimson. Ambrose Heal's involvement with the Arts and Crafts Movement
helped developed the firms distinctive simple, vernacular style,
which was seen in the furniture produced and later translated
into the spectacular "Heal's Building" on Tottenham
Court Road. The building was constructed between 1916 and 1962
in two main blocks. The original Heal's building on the south
side of the site was rebuilt in 1916 with a Portland stone façade
and a colonnade entrance to the design of Cecil Brewer. The northern
building was completed in 1962 to provide additional showrooms
and office space.
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