Mira Nakashima, Pair of Conoid Dining Chairs
New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2008
Figured walnut, walnut, hickory
Chairs with multi-plank seats
Signed and dated with client's name to underside of seats: "Nakashima, April 15, 2008"
H: 35 1/2, W: 20 3/4, D: 22 1/2 in. (each, approximately)
Note
This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original invoice from George Nakashima, Woodworker.
Literature
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, p. 248 (related form illustrated)
Derek Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, p. 155 (related form illustrated)
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated (related form illustrated)
George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, pp. 38, 108, 140, 143-149, 152-153, 167, 169, 183 (related form illustrated)
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, pp. 172-175 (related form illustrated)
Commissioned directly from Mira Nakashima and George Nakashima, Woodworker
Property from a Private Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Collection