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George Nakashima
Special Low-Back Chairs, 1986
Material: Cherry
Special 4-legged low-back chairs, set of 6
Nakashima’s catalogue featured a four-legged, low-back chair called the “Child’s Chair.” At the request of the Tarnoff’s, for whom these chairs were initially made, he adapted the design to create six adult-sized versions for their dining table. However, this redesigned version was never incorporated into his catalogue. Recently, Mira has introduced a four-legged chair for adults, which, while similar, varies in dimensions from the “special” design George Nakashima made for the Tarnoff family
George Nakashima was born in Spokane, Washington in 1905 to Japanese parents who had immigrated to the United States. Educated and trained as an architect at the University of Washington, Nakashima received his Master’s degree in Architecture from M.I.T. in 1930. After working briefly as an architect in the United States he left for Paris seeking the creative energies of one of the great urban centers of the day. From there he traveled extensively, ending up at the home of his grandmother, living on a farm on the outskirts of Tokyo.
| Dimensions | 16.6 × 19 × 26.5 in |
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| Date | 1986 |
