Set of ten ‘Conoid’ chairs
Special order
Walnut and white walnut
Signed beneath each seating, ‘George Nakashima’ and dated ‘sept 7 1989’
Collector’s name beneath the seating
Models created between 1984 and 1988
H 90 × L 50,5 × W 49 cm
Special order for Mr. Irving Meyers, Houston, Texas, USA.
The buyer can be provided with a copy of the order slips and original correspondence between the Nakashima studio and the client.
Bibliography:
- E. S. Cooke Jr. & G. W. R. Ward, ‘The maker’s hand: American studio furniture, 1940-1990’, Ed. MFA Publications, Boston, 2003, similar model p. 30
- G. Nakashima, ‘The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker’s Reflections’, Ed. Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1981, similar model pp. 152-153, 167, 169, 177, 184, 187 and 191, sketch for a similar model p. 143
