George Nakashima
“New” Lounge Chair w/ Free-form Arm and Rockers, 1976
Material: American Black Walnut, Hickory
A “New” Lounge Chair w/ Free-form Arm and Rockers by George Nakashima. Building on the vocabulary of the 1955 “New” Chair and subsequent c. 1962 “New” Lounge Chair, the rocking iteration adds long, rocking runners to the base of the chair.
This example also features an expressive free-edged slab as its right arm.
The rocking chair was introduced into the Nakashima furniture line in the 1970s. The addition of the rocker was added to four of Nakashima’s chair designs.
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 | 34 × 31 × 34 in |
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| Date | 1976 |
