Tag: George Nakashima

wants to be referred to as wood worker but has some exquisite chair designs on his name

Slab Settee by George Nakashima

Slab Settee by George Nakashima
Slab Settee by George Nakashima

‘Slab’ settee, c. 1970
Walnut, hickory. 81.9 x 167 x 58.4 cm. (32 1/4 x 65 3/4 x 23 in.) Underside signed in pencil with ‘Skriloff’.
ESTIMATE £10,000-12,000

Not sold

PROVENANCE Skriloff Family, USA

LITERATURE Mira Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 147 and 223 for similar examples

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Phillips de Pury & Company: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, Bench

GEORGE NAKASHIMA

Bench, ca. 1965
Burled oak, walnut. 15 x 54 x 22 in. (38.1 x 137.2 x 55.9 cm.) Underside signed in pencil with “Thompson.”
ESTIMATE $30,000-35,000

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