Iconic Signed Mixed Wood Nakashima Studio Lounge Rocking Chair
View Similar Items
Iconic Signed Mixed Wood Nakashima Studio Lounge Rocking Chair
About the Item
- Creator:George Nakashima (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 26.25 in (66.68 cm)Depth: 29.25 in (74.3 cm)Seat Height: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)
- Style:Organic Modern (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Poplar,Walnut
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:2003
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Hopewell, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU919813356901
George Nakashima
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. 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.
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 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.
- Darling Rattan Child's Rocking ChairLocated in Hopewell, NJA pint sized rattan rocking chair for a lucky kid.Category
Vintage 1960s Philippine Rocking Chairs
MaterialsRattan
- Classic Windsor Style Rocking ChairLocated in Hopewell, NJBeautifully made Windsor style rocking chair in what looks like maple, having modeled seat and fine spindles on a curved back. The legs are also lovely t...Category
Vintage 1940s American Victorian Rocking Chairs
MaterialsMaple
- Vintage Amish Made Country Rocking ChairLocated in Hopewell, NJCharming Amish made vintage painted wood and caned rocking chair. Wood shows natural appearances of age and wear but caning is in very good shape and chair is solid. There are many ...Category
Vintage 1950s American Country Rocking Chairs
MaterialsWood
- Classic Thonet Style Blonde Bentwood & Caned Rocking ChairBy ThonetLocated in Hopewell, NJClassic Thonet style light colored bentwood rocking chair having the recognizable curlicues and caned wicker seat and back. Functions comfortably. Di...Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Rocking Chairs
MaterialsCane, Bentwood
- 19th Century Leather and Brass Trimmed Soleil Oak Rocking ChairLocated in Hopewell, NJUnusual and beautiful 19th century oak rocking chair with brass Helios - father of the sun - in brass on backrest and apron. Pressed brass circle trim throughout in immaculate shape...Category
Antique 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
MaterialsBrass
- Rare Early Pair of George Nakashima "New Chairs"By George NakashimaLocated in Hopewell, NJAn iconic pair of early circa 1952 George Nakashima "New Chairs" masterfully constructed out of walnut. Letter of authenticity included.Category
Vintage 1950s American American Craftsman Chairs
MaterialsWalnut
$10,500 / set
- Rocking Chair by Mira NakashimaBy Mira NakashimaLocated in Dallas, TXA rocking chair in black walnut made be the Nakashima studio and signed / dated by Mira Nakashima, 1993.Category
1990s Rocking Chairs
MaterialsWalnut
- Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Studio Made Lounge Rocking Chair in Exotic WoodLocated in Philadelphia, PAThis studio made rocking chair is a stunning work of art. It features laminated exotic hardwood construction in a breathtaking sculptural form. In well cared for condition.Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
MaterialsWood
- A MID-CENTURY-MODERN FREE-FORM ROCKING-CHAIR in G. NAKASHIMA style, France 1950By George NakashimaLocated in PARIS, FRAn elegant rocking chair with generous lines, Modernist, Free Form, Reconstruction, of Dansk, Scandinavian inspiration, in carved solid light wood, sometimes attributed to and certai...Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
MaterialsWood
- Studio Craft Rocking Chair by John BauerBy John BauerLocated in Dallas, TXCarved rocking chair by California maker John Bauer. Employing stack-laminate cherry, this rocker represents a fine example of late 20th century studio craf...Category
1990s Organic Modern Rocking Chairs
MaterialsWood
- Studio Made Laminated Wood Rocking Chair by Douglas HackettBy HackettLocated in Toronto, CAMore art piece than furniture piece, this 1980s studio-made “Rocking Rocker Chair” by American artist Douglas Hackett is a study in woodworking. Its biomorphic shapes and smooth scul...Category
Vintage 1980s American Futurist Rocking Chairs
MaterialsWood
- Iconic Midcentury Design Rocking Chair / Expo, 1958Located in Praha, CZ- 1950s, Czechoslovakia - maker: TON - paper label - good original condition - also suitable for new upholstery, professionally cleaned - wooden parts refreshed.Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
MaterialsUpholstery, Wood