George Nakashima Wood Furniture
George katsutoshi nakashima japanese.
George nakashima wood furniture. We strive to create the antiques of the future as a collaborative integrated process where designer and maker work hand in hand. A master woodworker and m i t trained architect george nakashima was the leading light of the american studio furniture movement. Tables desks chairs and cabinets from this simple workshop grace the homes and mansions and executive boardrooms of people who prize such excellence. On a farmlike compound near new hope pennsylvania george nakashima his family and fellow wood workers create exquisite furniture from richly grained rare timber.
Carved from magnificent pieces of rich often rare wood his works are spare and elegant the result of a formal education in architecture as well as extensive exposure to european modernism eastern religious philosophy and japanese craft traditions. In 1983 he accepted the order of the sacred treasure an honor bestowed by the emperor of japan and the japanese. Founded by george nakashima we continue to custom mill sustainably harvested hardwoods and select the resulting planks individually for each project.