New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1974
Curly maple, American black walnut
Single-board plank with one butterfly, the vertical support columns cut to create separate leg/base section, with post-production hooks for wall mounting of headboard
Base inscribed with client's name
H: 45, W: 119 1/2, D: 3 in.

Note
This lot is sold with a digital copy of the original pencil-sketched preparatory drawing for the present lot, signed and dated by George Nakashima and in which Nakashima notes, "This is a magnificent piece of curly maple burl - considerably wider than we usually use for this purpose."

Literature
George Nakashima, studio catalogue, unpaginated
Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit, p. 112 (related example illustrated)