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THBFour George Nakashima (1905-1990) Grass Seat Chairs
Lot 1157
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Bonhams Skinner
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Marlborough, MA 01752
United States
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Timed Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
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By Bonhams Skinner
Dec 14, 2021 - Dec 22, 2021
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2021-12-14 12:00:00
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Our December sale offers 400 lots for the discerning collector, dealer, or homeowner seeking furniture, artwork, and decorative objects spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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- Lot Description
Four George Nakashima (1905-1990) Grass Seat Chairs, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1959, walnut, grass cord, with copy of original invoice, ht. 27, wd. 22 1/2, dp. 18 in.
Note: Nakashima was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement. Of Japanese descent, George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1905. He studied Forestry and Architecture at the University of Washington, attended the Ecole Americaine des Beaux-Arts at Fontainebleau, and earned his Master's in Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1929. Like others of Japanese ancestry, he was interned at a camp during WWII where he met Gentaro Hikogawa, a traditional Japanese carpenter. Under his tutelage, Nakashima learned to master traditional Japanese hand tools and joinery techniques.
In 1943, Antonin Raymond successfully sponsored Nakashima's release from the camp and helped him establish his studio workshop in New Hope, Pennsylvania. In New Hope, Nakashima explored the organic expressiveness of wood by choosing boards with knots and burls and figured grain. The studio grew incrementally until 1973 when Nelson Rockefeller commissioned 200 pieces for his house in Pocantico Hills, New York. Drawing on Japanese designs and shop practices, as well as on American and International Modern styles, Nakashima created a body of work that would make his name synonymous with the best of 20th century American art furniture.Condition
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