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A set of six grass-seated dining chairs, designed 1944
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GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A set of six grass-seated dining chairs, designed 1944
produced by Nakashima Studios, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA, walnut, woven seagrass
each 27 1/8 x 23 wide x 19 ¾ in. deep (69 x 58.5 x 50 cm.)
underside of each pencilled RIO79
A set of six grass-seated dining chairs, designed 1944
produced by Nakashima Studios, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA, walnut, woven seagrass
each 27 1/8 x 23 wide x 19 ¾ in. deep (69 x 58.5 x 50 cm.)
underside of each pencilled RIO79
Provenance
Private Collection, London, acquired circa 2008.
Literature
Other examples of this model illustrated:
G. Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, p. 142;
D.E. Ostergard, George Nakashima, Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, pp. 138-139;
M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 82, 88, 151, 183.
G. Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, p. 142;
D.E. Ostergard, George Nakashima, Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, pp. 138-139;
M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 82, 88, 151, 183.
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