GEORGE NAKASHIMA: DESIGNING NATURE
CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION

Coffee and End Tables

12) SLAB COFFEE TABLE w/ STEP TABLE
American black walnut free-form slab on 4 short legs that sits on an American black walnut long, low coffee table. The use of what was referred to as a "step table" is something Nakashima did in the early years. The unusually low coffee table height is typical of his early Japanese approach.
96" wide x 18.5" deep x 10" high. Step table: 20.5" wide x 14.5" deep x 8" high
1956


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Photography Credit: Michael J. Joniec