George Nakashima Wood Furniture
Nakashima furniture is one of a kind hand crafted and made to order at our workshop in new hope pennsylvania.
George nakashima wood furniture. Tables desks chairs and cabinets from this simple workshop grace the homes and mansions and executive boardrooms of people who prize such excellence. A master woodworker and m i t trained architect george nakashima was the leading light of the american studio furniture movement. George nakashima furniture explores the dichotomy between strength and fragility. Founded by george nakashima we continue to custom mill sustainably harvested hardwoods and select the resulting planks individually for each project.
George katsutoshi nakashima japanese. On a farmlike compound near new hope pennsylvania george nakashima his family and fellow wood workers create exquisite furniture from richly grained rare timber. 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.