Mira Nakashima
Greenrock Ottoman, 2024
Material: American Black Walnut
Signed: “Mira Nakashima, 2024”
The Greenrock Ottoman was originally designed by George Nakashima in 1973 for the Rockefeller family’s “Greenrock” residence. The piece reflects the studio’s synthesis of Japanese aesthetic principles and Nakashima’s material-driven philosophy. Its low, sculptural base and generous cushion were conceived for a relaxed, contemplative interior. The design has remained in production under Mira Nakashima, staying faithful to the original form.
The work’s cushion is upholstered in a vintage Jack Lenor Larsen textile, now long out of production, a particularly desirable detail that connects the piece to the broader American Studio Craft movement of the period.
Mira Shizuko Nakashima was born in Seattle, Washington, incarcerated with her family at Minidoka on the Idaho Desert and moved to New Hope, Pennsylvania in 1943. She attended school in Bucks County, graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1963, and received a Masters in Architecture from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1966, where she married one of her classmates. The family then moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until 1970, when she returned to work as her father’s assistant until his death in 1990.
| Dimensions | 20.5 × 20.5 × 11 in |
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| Date | 2024 |
| Material | American black walnut |
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