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George Nakashima
Minguren II Dining Table, 1980

Dimensions:
84 × 47 × 29 in (W x D x H)
213.36 x 119.38 x 73.66 cm

Highly figured English walnut, 2 board book-matched top with 7 rosewood butterflies.

The Minguren line was created to commemorate a number of shows in Japan first produced by an association of trusted designer-craftspeople in Japan

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.

Dimensions84 × 47 × 29 in
Style

Artist

Date

1980

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