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George Nakashima Style Dining Chairs, 1947, Set of 4

$26,000per set

£19,938.61per set

€23,841.51per set

CA$37,296.80per set

A$37,699.90per set

CHF 22,003.27per set

MX$495,467.64per set

NOK 247,491.67per set

SEK 263,973.74per set

DKK 178,207.11per set

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Dining chairs in the style of George Nakashima, walnut and seagrass, USA, 1947, set of four. These dining chairs follow the language George Nakashima developed in 1947, a fusion of traditional Japanese woodworking and modernist design. Made of American black walnut, they have a low, curved semicircular backrest and a hand-woven grass seat, balancing visual softness with structural tension. The pieces celebrate the natural beauty of the wood, leaving grain, fissures, and imperfections deliberately visible, in keeping with Nakashima’s belief in the spiritual resonance of living materials. Butterfly joints and live edges, signatures of his work, reinforce the organic character of the wood, in a philosophy where craftsmanship honors nature rather than concealing it. Nakashima’s philosophy was shaped by his close collaboration with Antonin and Noémi Raymond and the architect Junzō Yoshimura, whose work, like the Shofuso House in Philadelphia, bridged Japanese tradition and modernist clarity. His formative years also included time at the Minidoka internment camp, where he studied under the master carpenter Gentaro Hikogawa and refined his sense of joinery and craftsmanship. After the war he established his studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with the help of the Raymonds. There his work ran parallel to that of other mid-century masters such as Hans Wegner and Finn Juhl, who likewise emphasized craft, organic form, and the expressive potential of materials. These chairs belong to a defining chapter in American design history, in which figures such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Karl Springer, and Edward J. Wormley elevated furniture-making to an art form. Distinct from ornamental or factory-produced furnishings, the Nakashima approach marries structural clarity with natural elegance, highlighting the inherent beauty of the wood through meticulous craftsmanship.

Similar to:
George Nakashima (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 28.94 in (73.5 cm)Width: 22.05 in (56 cm)Depth: 19.3 in (49 cm)Seat Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 4
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Walnut
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1940-1949
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
Our in-house atelier in Italy carefully double-checks each piece. Please contact us for additional information.
Seller Location:
Lonigo, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU3756352563672

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