George Nakashima Wood Furniture

Carved from magnificent pieces of rich often rare wood his works are spare and elegant the result of a formal education in architecture as well as extensive exposure to european modernism eastern religious philosophy and japanese craft traditions.

George nakashima wood furniture. On a farmlike compound near new hope pennsylvania george nakashima his family and fellow wood workers create exquisite furniture from richly grained rare timber. Founded by george nakashima we continue to custom mill sustainably harvested hardwoods and select the resulting planks individually for each project. In 1983 he accepted the order of the sacred treasure an honor bestowed by the emperor of japan and the japanese. George nakashima furniture explores the dichotomy between strength and fragility.

We strive to create the antiques of the future as a collaborative integrated process where designer and maker work hand in hand. Nakashima furniture is one of a kind hand crafted and made to order at our workshop in new hope pennsylvania. A master woodworker and m i t trained architect george nakashima was the leading light of the american studio furniture movement. Along with wharton esherick sam maloof and wendell castle nakashima was an artisan who disdained industrial methods and materials in favor of a personal craft based approach to the design what sets nakashima apart is the poetic style of his work his reverence.