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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: George Nakashima, Fine Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Table and Set of Six Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Chairs, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1988, 1988
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George Nakashima American, 1905-1990

Fine Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Table and Set of Six Single-Board "Conoid" Dining Chairs, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1988, 1988
American black walnut, rosewood
H: 28 1/2, L: 77 1/4, W: 39 3/4 in. (table), H: 35 1/2, W: 20 1/2, D: 21 1/2 in. (chairs)
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American black walnut, rosewood, hickory The table signed and dated: 'George Nakashima July 11, 1988' The chairs each signed and dated: 'George Nakashima July 11, 1988' with client's name and...
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American black walnut, rosewood, hickory
The table signed and dated: "George Nakashima July 11, 1988"
The chairs each signed and dated: "George Nakashima July 11, 1988" with client's name and studio notation: "(one piece seat)"

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Property from a Private New Jersey Collection

Note

A fine and impressive example of Nakashima's Conoid design. The table features a thick, single-board walnut top with 5 rosewood butterflies and richly-grained surface. The chairs each with a single-board seat in figured walnut.

This lot is sold together with the original prepatory drawing, signed and dated: "George Nakashima May 12, 1988" and the original invoice from George Nakashima Woodworker. The prepatory drawing is accompanied by Nakashima's notation: "Walnut Single Board Conoid Table - Thick Top / Top very richly grained / considerable figuring."

Literature

For the chairs:

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

For the table:

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

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