George Nakashima

(American, 1905–1990)

George Nakashima was a celebrated American woodworker and furniture-maker. He is best known for his involvement in the American Craft movement and for his mastery of traditional Japanese hand tools and joinery techniques. Some of his most acclaimed works are his large tables made from singular wood slabs with irregular natural edges, elegantly held together by a few small butterfly joints. Born on May 24, 1905 in Spokane, WA to Japanese immigrant parents, he went on to earn a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1931. Nakashima later toured the architecture of Japan, where he also worked under the Czech-American architect Antonin Raymond, a collaborator of Frank Lloyd Wright. He produced 200 commissioned pieces for Nelson Rockefeller in 1973, and his property in New Hope, PA was designated a US National Historic Landmark in 2014. Nakashima died on June 15, 1990 in New Hope, PA.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Arlyn table from the Arlyn room, Melody Woods III, Princeton, New Jersey, 1988
Sold price: 822,400 USD

George Nakashima Artworks

George Nakashima (6,359 results)

Side table with free-edge top, 1970–1979

George Nakashima

Side table with free-edge top, 1970–1979

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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Grass-seated dining chairs (set of 8), 1960

George Nakashima

Grass-seated dining chairs (set of 8), 1960

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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Cabinet, 1967

George Nakashima

Cabinet, 1967

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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A New lounge chair, 1960–1969

George Nakashima

A New lounge chair, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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Slab settee, 1970

George Nakashima

Slab settee, 1970

Sale Date: October 15, 2009

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Coffee table

George Nakashima

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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New chair plus rockers, without arms, 1976

George Nakashima

New chair plus rockers, without arms, 1976

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Corner shelf, 1973

George Nakashima

Corner shelf, 1973

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Pedestal table

George Nakashima

Pedestal table

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Minguren I table

George Nakashima

Minguren I table

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Minguren I table

George Nakashima

Minguren I table

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Minguren I table

George Nakashima

Minguren I table

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Frenchman's cove II dining table

George Nakashima

Frenchman's cove II dining table

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Minguren I occasional table

George Nakashima

Minguren I occasional table

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Kornblut Case, 1981

George Nakashima

Kornblut Case, 1981

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Kornblut case

George Nakashima

Kornblut case

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Table lamp

George Nakashima

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Prayer stool

George Nakashima

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Greenrock stool, 1984

George Nakashima

Greenrock stool, 1984

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Triple chest with wood sliding doors

George Nakashima

Triple chest with wood sliding doors

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Vertical mirror with shelf

George Nakashima

Vertical mirror with shelf

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Coffee table, 1959

George Nakashima

Coffee table, 1959

Sale Date: June 27, 2009

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Sofatisch N-10, 1946

George Nakashima

Sofatisch N-10, 1946

Sale Date: June 23, 2009

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Sundra coffee table, 1959

George Nakashima

Sundra coffee table, 1959

Sale Date: June 7, 2009

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