Mira Nakashima
Plank Stool, 1994
Material: American Black Walnut
Signed “Mira Nakashima December 1994”
A 1994 example of a Plank Stool by Mira Nakashima crafted from American black walnut. This particular example showcases a biomorphic form and front free edge.
Among George Nakashima’s early designs, the Plank Stool appeared in his 1945 catalogue.
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 × 14.5 × 12.5 in |
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| Date | 1994 |
| Material | American black walnut |
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