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)

Low table

George Nakashima

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Six-drawer dresser

George Nakashima

Six-drawer dresser

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Twelve-drawer dresser

George Nakashima

Twelve-drawer dresser

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Long coffee table

George Nakashima

Long coffee table

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King-size headboard (+ pair of sinlgle-drawer...

George Nakashima

King-size headboard (+ pair of sinlgle-drawer...

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Side tables (2 works), 1959

George Nakashima

Side tables (2 works), 1959

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Single-arm sofa and settee

George Nakashima

Single-arm sofa and settee

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Lounge chair and ottoman

George Nakashima

Lounge chair and ottoman

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High-back lounge chair

George Nakashima

High-back lounge chair

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Minguren I coffee table, 1977

George Nakashima

Minguren I coffee table, 1977

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Single-drawer desk on trestle base

George Nakashima

Single-drawer desk on trestle base

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Coffee table

George Nakashima

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Frenchman's Cove table

George Nakashima

Frenchman's Cove table

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Sled-base coffee table, 1980

George Nakashima

Sled-base coffee table, 1980

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Wohl table, 1988

George Nakashima

Wohl table, 1988

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Round Pedestal table

George Nakashima

Round Pedestal table

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Credenza with four interior drawers and two...

George Nakashima

Credenza with four interior drawers and two...

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Slab coffee table

George Nakashima

Slab coffee table

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Set of six Conoid chairs

George Nakashima

Set of six Conoid chairs

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Pair of Conoid chairs

George Nakashima

Pair of Conoid chairs

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Free-edge headboard

George Nakashima

Free-edge headboard

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Double-pedestal desk

George Nakashima

Double-pedestal desk

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Wall-hanging bar with illuminated base

George Nakashima

Wall-hanging bar with illuminated base

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Conoid dining table, 1989

George Nakashima

Conoid dining table, 1989

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