Mira Nakashima (American, b. 1942) Fine Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Table and Set of Six Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Chairs, George Nakashima Woodworker, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2007

The table: American black walnut with single-board top retaining two bullet fragments, and single laurel butterfly
The chairs: American black walnut with single-board seats, hickory spindles
The chairs each signed, dated, and inscribed with client's name: "Nakashima 8.9.07", "Halaburt"
The table inscribed with client's name: "Halaburt"

H: 29, L: 84 2/4, W: 38 3/4 in. (table), H: 35 3/4, W: 21, D: 22 in. (chairs, each)

Note

This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original invoice and a digital copy of the original preparatory drawing for the dining table, signed and dated: "April 27, 2006 Mira Nakashima".

Literature

For the chairs:

Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, p. 248 (model illustrated)
Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, p. 155 (model illustrated)
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, c. 1969, unpaginated (model illustrated)
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, pp. 38, 108, 140, 143-149, 152-153, 167, 169, 183 (model illustrated)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 172-175, 226-227 (model illustrated)

For the table:

George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, p. 185 (model illustrated)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 147, 174, 223 (model illustrated)

Provenance

Commissioned directly from Mira Nakashima and George Nakashima Woodworker

Property from the Estate of Geoffrey Halaburt