Heal & Sons are one of Britain's leading furniture makers and currently have flagship department stores in London, Manchester, Kingston and Guildford, as well as an online presence. For a full list of their stores click here. They sell everything from beds and tables, linens and curtains, to lighting and electrical goods, house-ware and garden furniture. Their catalogues act as an index to taste and design and are an ideal source for the study of domestic life. Heal's department store have the experience to help you make the most of your interiors - their striking, high quality furniture, rugs, beds, furnishing fabrics, bed linens and vast range of home accessories are all conveniently available on the website.

Heal's have been at the forefront of stylish, contemporary design ever since it opened its first store nearly 200 years ago.

The department store Heal's dates back to 1810 and have a distinguished history. The firm was founded as a business for the supply of bedding in 1810 by John Harris Heal in Rathbone Place, London. In 1818 they moved to Tottenham Court Road, which has been their home ever since. Following the death of the founder in 1834, Fanny Heal (his widow) and John Harris Heal the younger formed a successful partnership and expanded their premises considerably in 1840, and gradually expanded the range of goods on offer.

In 1875, John Harris Heal the younger was succeeded in the partnership by his sons, Harris and Ambrose Heal, and his son-in-law, Alfred Brewer. They were later joined by Ambrose Heal junior in 1898 and Ralph Heal in 1905.

In 1913, Sir Ambrose Heal, as he then was, took control of the firm and helped to popularise the Art Deco style in England. The war of 1914-1918 caused great anxiety and aircraft raid precautions are given in their catalogue for 1916. Following the Great War, the Depression of the 1920s and 1930s set in and posed a severe challenge for many businesses. Heal's tried to embrace the spirit of the times:

"Economy is still - for most people - a regrettable necessity: but the sort of the economy that consists in abstaining from necessary purchases has ceased to be regarded as a patriotic duty. … There is no 'luxury' furniture illustrated in this booklet."

It was now that their focus on simple, modern design came into its own as this could be easily produced and sold at reasonable prices. 'Inexpensive design' was the phrase that captured all that was on offer in their Tottenham Court Road department store in 1939.

Heal's stocks only the very best in modern furniture and home accessories. Most items are exclusive to Heal's, all share the high quality workmanship and attention to detail for which our name is so well known. And when it comes to product choice, Heal's is simply second to none.