George Nakashima Wepman Table
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An oversized example of this design Re-Oiled Surface. Original order card available 62 XIV-5
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Nakashima Wepman Table
1950s George Nakashima English Walnut Shark Tooth Live Free Edge Table Wepman
By George Nakashima
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original unmolested finish. George Nakashima walnut studio table, accompanied by authentication paperwork from the Nakashima Foundation.
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George Nakashima Triangular Cherry Table
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Mira Nakashima Occasional Table, Olive Wood & Cherry, Organic Modern, 2011
By Mira Nakashima
Located in Portland, OR
A rare material to find in any Nakashima works, this tripod or “Wepman” table was made in Olive wood with Cherry legs by Mira in 2011.
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Pair George Nakashima " Wepman " Tables 1962
By George Nakashima
Located in Kensington, MD
A pair of Nakashima walnut " Wepman " tables. Condition is very good with some minor staining in the surface.
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Pair of George Nakashima 'Wepman' Tables
By George Nakashima
Located in Shakespeare, ON
From the Collection of David Wepman
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Walnut Wepman Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Sea Cliff, NY
Free edge top supported by three thru top construction.
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Pair of George Nakashima Wepman Tables / Stools
By George Nakashima
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of free edge, sap grain walnut tables / stools by George Nakashima, 1989.
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Pair of George Nakashima Wepman Tables, 1961
By George Nakashima
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of free edge, sap grain walnut side tables by George Nakashima, 1961. These are sold with a copy of the original order card.
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George Nakashima, Wepman Table, American Black Walnut, 1984, with documentation
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H 17.13 in W 25.99 in D 16.93 in
George Nakashima, Wepman Table, American Black Walnut, 1984, with documentation
By George Nakashima, George Nakashima Studio
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
George Nakashima (1905-1990) Wepman Occasional or End Table Nakashima Studio, USA, 1984 American black walnut single slab top with two free edges, and sapwood details. 66cm wide, 43c...
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
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George Nakashima Wepman Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
George Nakashima Wepman side table. American walnut. Signed S.R. on underside.
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Mid-20th Century American Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Wepman Occasional Table
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful example of this form. Executed in walnut with an expressive fissure to the top. signed by George Nakashima on the underside of the table.
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Walnut Wepman Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully crafted side table by George Nakashima . The table consists of a simple three sided walnut top with three tapered bowed peg legs with thru tenons.
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Vintage 1950s American End Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Wepman Stools/Side Tables
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
3 matched George Nakashima walnut stools/tables Single slab construction,one with a butterfly on the underside. Clients name on the underside,1960
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Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair of George Nakashima Free Edge Wepman Tables
By George Nakashima
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of free edge "Wepman" tables, made by George Nakashima, circa 1962.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Wepman Walnut Occasional Table, USA, 1960s
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
A small, turned-leg side table with a free-formed solid walnut top.
Category
Vintage 1960s American End Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima - Pair of "Wepman" Side Tables
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Pair of "Wepman" Tables, handcrafted by George Nakashima Studios, circa 1960's.
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Vintage 1960s American Side Tables
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Walnut
Wepman Tables by George Nakashima
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A duo of walnut wepman tables with triangular tops designed and made by George Nakashima
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George Nakashima "Wepman" Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Nakashima Wepman side table with tapered legs and thick slab top in American Walnut by the leading American Studio Craft designer George Nakashima.
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Pair of Nakashima Studio Mira Nakashima Wepman Side Tables in Walnut, US 2021
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H 16.93 in W 25.6 in D 16.93 in
Pair of Nakashima Studio Mira Nakashima Wepman Side Tables in Walnut, US 2021
By Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Nakashima Studio Mira Nakashima wepman side tables in walnut, US 2021.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
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George Nakashima Studio Wepman Side Tables in Walnut Signed by Mira Nakashima
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H 12.5 in W 17 in D 24 in
George Nakashima Studio Wepman Side Tables in Walnut Signed by Mira Nakashima
By Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima Studio
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of three hand-made Wepman tripod side tables crafted in the George Nakashima Studio by his Daughter and protege Mira Nakashima.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
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Wepman Side Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
Triangular walnut top with free edge & 3 tapering walnut legs. Unmarked.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima "Wepman" Tables
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A great pair. Provenance accompanies.
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Vintage 1950s American Side Tables
George Nakashima Single Wepman Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A classic Nakashima table. Provenance accompanies.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tables
George Nakashima Perfect Pair of "Wepman" Tables
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A perfect pair. Provenance accompanies, of course.
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George Nakashima Wepman Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Wepman side table by George Nakashima
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George Nakashima Wepman Side Table in French Olive Ash and Hickory
By George Nakashima
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
French olive ash and hickory side table by George Nakashima. A fantastic example of the work of Nakashima in a rare wood combination featuring the live edge and tapered legs.
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George Nakashima Wepman Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Kensington, MD
George Nakashima Wepman table. 1980s production, comprised of three spindle legs and a triangular walnut slab, one side retaining the tree's original free-form edge.
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George Nakashima "Wepman" Side Tables
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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George Nakashima Wepman Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Waltham, MA
George Nakashima walnut "Wepman" side table or stool. Excellent example of an iconic Nakashima design.
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
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Find many varieties of an authentic nakashima wepman table available at 1stDibs. Each nakashima wepman table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood and walnut. Find 21 options for an antique or vintage nakashima wepman table now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect nakashima wepman table — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each nakashima wepman table bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made nakashima wepman table over the years, but those crafted by George Nakashima and Mira Nakashima are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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George Nakashima for sale on 1stDibs
A master woodworker and M.I.T.-trained architect, George Nakashima was the leading light of the American Studio furniture movement. Along with Wharton Esherick, Sam Maloof and Wendell Castle, Nakashima was an artisan who disdained industrial methods and materials in favor of a personal, craft-based approach to the design of chairs, coffee tables and other pieces. What sets Nakashima apart is the poetic style of his work, his reverence for wood and the belief that his furniture could evince — as he put it in the title of his 1981 memoir — The Soul of a Tree.
Born in Spokane, Washington, to Japanese immigrants, Nakashima traveled widely after college, working and studying in Paris, Japan and India, and at every stop he absorbed both modernist and traditional design influences.
The turning point in Nakashima’s career development came in the United States in 1942, when he was placed in an internment camp for Asian-Americans in Idaho. There, Nakashima met a master woodcarver who tutored him in Japanese crafting techniques. A former employer won Nakashima’s release and brought him to bucolic New Hope, Pennsylvania, where Nakashima set up a studio and worked for the rest of his life. (Master craftsperson Mira Nakashima keeps her father’s legacy alive at the George Nakashima Studio in New Hope today. She has been the artistic director of George Nakashima Woodworkers since her father's death, in 1990.)
Nakashima’s singular aesthetic is best captured in his custom-made tables and benches — pieces that show off the grain, burls and whorls in a plank of wood. He left the “free edge,” or natural contour, of the slab un-planed, and reinforced fissures in the wood with “butterfly” joints.
Almost all Nakashima seating pieces have smooth, milled edges. Nakashima also contracted with large-scale manufacturers to produce carefully supervised editions of his designs. Knoll has offered his Straight chair — a modern take on the spindle-backed Windsor chair — since 1946; the now-defunct firm Widdicomb-Mueller, the result of a merger between Widdicomb and Mueller Furniture, issued the Shaker-inspired Origins collection in the 1950s.
Nelson Rockefeller in 1973 gave Nakashima his single largest commission: a 200-piece suite for his suburban New York estate. Today, Nakashima furniture is collected by both the staid and the fashionable: his work sits in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as in the homes of Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, Diane von Furstenberg and the late Steve Jobs.
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