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Lot 101
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A 'Trestle' dining table, designed 1944
Closed17 October 2018
Price Realised
GBP 10,625
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GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A 'Trestle' dining table, designed 1944
produced by Nakashima Studios, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA , walnut, three East Indian rosewood butterfly keys
29 1/8 high x 71 7/8 long x 38 3/8 in. wide (74 x 182.5 x 97.5 cm.)
underside handwritten in marker with client's name Horne
A 'Trestle' dining table, designed 1944
produced by Nakashima Studios, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA , walnut, three East Indian rosewood butterfly keys
29 1/8 high x 71 7/8 long x 38 3/8 in. wide (74 x 182.5 x 97.5 cm.)
underside handwritten in marker with client's name Horne
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A 'Trestle' dining table, designed 1944
produced by Nakashima Studios, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA , walnut, three East Indian rosewood butterfly keys
29 1/8 high x 71 7/8 long x 38 3/8 in. wide (74 x 182.5 x 97.5 cm.)
underside handwritten in marker with client's name Horne
A 'Trestle' dining table, designed 1944
produced by Nakashima Studios, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA , walnut, three East Indian rosewood butterfly keys
29 1/8 high x 71 7/8 long x 38 3/8 in. wide (74 x 182.5 x 97.5 cm.)
underside handwritten in marker with client's name Horne
Wright, Chicago, 18 May 2008, lot 347;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Other examples of this model illustrated:
George Nakashima Woodworker, undated studio catalogue, n.p.;
G. Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, p. 188 for a drawing;
M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 68-69.
George Nakashima Woodworker, undated studio catalogue, n.p.;
G. Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, p. 188 for a drawing;
M. Nakashima, Nature, Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, pp. 68-69.
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