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)

Free-edge trestle dining table, 1960

George Nakashima

Free-edge trestle dining table, 1960

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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Grass-seated chairs (10 works), 1956

George Nakashima

Grass-seated chairs (10 works), 1956

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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Frenchman's Cove I, 1960–1969

George Nakashima

Frenchman's Cove I, 1960–1969

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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Greenrock console table from the Japanese..., 1974

George Nakashima

Greenrock console table from the Japanese..., 1974

Sale Date: December 18, 2008

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Cabinet, 1970

George Nakashima

Cabinet, 1970

Sale Date: December 16, 2008

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Coffee table, 1961

George Nakashima

Coffee table, 1961

Sale Date: December 16, 2008

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Kornblut burl cabinet, 1986

George Nakashima

Kornblut burl cabinet, 1986

Sale Date: December 16, 2008

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Rocking chair, 1983

George Nakashima

Rocking chair, 1983

Sale Date: December 16, 2008

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Double pedestal desk,, 1970–1979

George Nakashima

Double pedestal desk,, 1970–1979

Sale Date: December 16, 2008

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Trestle dining table

George Nakashima

Trestle dining table

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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Grass seated chair, 1957

George Nakashima

Grass seated chair, 1957

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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Chair (pair), 1975

George Nakashima

Chair (pair), 1975

Sale Date: November 23, 2008

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Desk, 1975

George Nakashima

Sale Date: November 23, 2008

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Headboard

George Nakashima

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Grass-seat footstool, 1982

George Nakashima

Grass-seat footstool, 1982

Sale Date: November 23, 2008

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Square coffee table

George Nakashima

Square coffee table

Sale Date: November 23, 2008

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Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

George Nakashima

Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

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Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

George Nakashima

Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

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Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

George Nakashima

Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

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Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

George Nakashima

Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

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Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

George Nakashima

Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

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Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

George Nakashima

Pew (+ copies of original drawings)

Sale Date: November 23, 2008

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Paire de chaises New Chairs, 1955

George Nakashima

Paire de chaises New Chairs, 1955

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Paire de fauteuils Chair Rockers with arm, 1978

George Nakashima

Paire de fauteuils Chair Rockers with arm, 1978

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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