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Magazine and newspaper stories about Moderne Gallery and George Nakashima have proliferated as the international interest in his work has blossomed. Wallpaper Magazine and the German edition of Architectural Digest featured Moderne Gallery and called Robert Aibel, the owner/director of Moderne Gallery "the world's leading Nakashima dealer." As a result of extensive press coverage and our leadership role in the vintage Nakashima market, many people continue to come to us with pieces they bought from George over the past 60 years. Please Contact us if you are looking for anything that is listed as sold or not listed below at this time. Just about every week we acquire additional items.
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Dining Tables
1)
EXPANDABLE DINING TABLE 
Walnut and Poplar. Early and unique table that opens to double in length.
48" x 36" - opens to 96"
c. 1948
2) TRESTLE DINING TABLE
American black walnut with rounded corners and 3 walnut butterflies. Early,
custom order.
60" x 34.5"
1949
3) TRESTLE DINING TABLE WITH LEAVES
Highly figured American black walnut book matched top with 2 free sap edges.
72" x 43" + 2- 16" leaves
1956
4) WOODRUFF TABLE WITH TURNED LEGS
American black walnut "butterfly" shape with 2 free and 2 bowed
edges.
64" x 44.5"
1956
5) ROUND TURNED LEG DINING TABLE
American black walnut.
54" diameter
c. 1957
6) RECTANGULAR TURNED LEG DINING TABLE WITH LEAVES
American black walnut with 3 walnut butterflies.
72" x 36" + two 16" leaves
1959
7) ROUND TURNED LEG DINING TABLE
Cherry with turned legs.
54" diameter
1960
8) SPECIAL HARVEST (DOUBLE DROP-LEAF) TABLE
Unique piece. American black walnut piano hinged top with trestle base.
78" x 24.5" deep x 28.5" + two 12" deep drop leaves
1962
9) OVAL DROP LEAF DINING TABLE
American black walnut with one free sap edge. Uncommon form.
66" x 40" + 26" leaf
1964
10) OVAL DROP LEAF DINING TABLE
American black walnut with one free sap edge. Uncommon form.
78.5" x 40" + 26" leaf
1964
11) FRENCHMAN'S COVE II DINING TABLE WITH LEAVES
American black walnut with 2 free sap edges and 3 rosewood butterflies.
72" x 40" + 2 - 16" leaves
1965
12) FRENCHMAN'S COVE II DINING TABLE
American black walnut book-matched top with large fissures and 8 rosewood
butterflies.
84" x 44"
1967
13) FRENCHMAN'S COVE II DINING TABLE W/LEAVES
American black walnut boat shaped top with 3 rosewood butterflies.
60" x 40" + 2 - 14" leaves
1968
14) ROUND CLUSTER BASED TABLE
American black walnut with book-matched center boards.
66" diameter
1971
15) FRENCHMAN'S COVE I DINING TABLE
American black walnut with 3 rosewood butterflies - Unique, assymetrical top.
49" x 49.5"
1984 - signed and dated
16) SANSO TABLE
A rarely seen form. Beautifully figured American black walnut 2-board book-matched top with free sap edges. 4 central rosewood butterflies and 6 walnut butterflies to seal dramatic cracks. The most beautiful dining table we've had in 22 years.
76" x 77"
1985 - signed
17) MINGUREN III DINING TABLE
American black walnut 2-board book-matched top with free sap edges and 3
rosewood butterflies.
77.5" x 43"
1988 - signed and dated
18) TRESTLE DINING TABLE
American black walnut 2-board book-matched top with free sap edges and 5
rosewood butterflies.
96" x 46"
1989 - signed and dated
Coffee and End Tables
19) WOHL TABLE
American black walnut.
26" x 22" x 21"
1954
20) ONE DRAWER NIGHT STAND
Cherry.
20" x 20" x 25"
1956
21) ONE DRAWER NIGHT STAND
Cherry.
20" x 20" x 21"
c. 1956
22) TWO DRAWER NIGHT STAND
Cherry.
15.5" x 19" x 25.5"
1956
23) SLAB I COFFEE TABLE
American black walnut free-form slab top on bracket base and splayed leg.
56" x 25" x 13"
1956
24) AMOEBA TABLE
American black walnut with one free edge.
16" x 18" x 21"
1956
25) PLANK STOOL
American black walnut.
29.5" x 13" x 12"
1956
26) SLAB COFFEE TABLE W/MAGAZINE SHELF
American black walnut with through tenon legs and hanging shelf. Early and rare
form.
67" x 20" x 14"
1957
27) SPECIAL COFFEE TABLE/BENCH
Unique form. American black walnut slab tops with one butterfly.
106" x 20-45" x 15"
1957
28) SLAB COFFEE TABLE/"Q" BENCH
Cherry single slab top with one walnut butterfly.
75" x 17" x 13.5"
1958
29) PAIR OF SWETT STANDS
American black walnut with center sap streak and dovetailed edges.
22" x 22" x 21"
1958
30) SWETT STAND
American black walnut with dovetailed edges. Unusual small version.
20" x 20" x 17"
1958
31) SPECIAL END TABLE
Teak, beautifully matched, rarely used wood by Nakashima.
25" x 26" x 20"
1958-9
32) STRETCHER BASE COFFEE TABLE
American black walnut. Unique stretcher base, a precursor to the Minguren
series.
59" x 22" x 19.5"
1959
33) WOHL TABLE
American black walnut top on turned legs.
26" x 22" x 21
1959-60
34) WEPMAN TABLE
American black walnut top on turned legs.
23" x 17" x 17"
1960
35) SLAB COFFEE TABLE
English walnut free -form slab with large center hole and 2 rosewood
butterflies, on bracket support and 2 turned legs.
47" x 38 x 13"
1960
36) SLAB COFFEE TABLE
English walnut free-form slab top on bracket support and splayed leg.
60" x 21.5" x 13.5"
1960
37) AMOEBA TABLE
American black walnut with one free edge.
21.5" x 22.5" x 17"
1961
38) MINGUREN II END TABLE (EARLY VERSION)
English oak burl & East Indian laurel -- rare woods for Nakashima. First
version of this form, made for one of Nakashima's most important clients for
whom the Kornblut cabinet was named.
26" x 25.5"x 22"
1963-4
39) SWETT STAND
Cherry.
20" x 20" x 21"
1964
40) BUTTERFLY COFFEE TABLE
Unique base configuration. English walnut free form top on butterfly base.
68" x 18" x 12"
1965
41) PAIR OF WEPMAN TABLES
American black walnut.
23.5" x 17.5" x 17"
1965
42) SWETT STAND
American black walnut.
20" x 20" x 21"
1966
43) SPECIAL END TABLE
English walnut free-form slab top with bracket support and splayed leg.
32" x 33" x 20.5"
1967
44) WOHL TABLE
American black walnut with one free edge.
29" x 19" x 21"
1967 - signed and dated
45) SLAB COFFEE TABLE
English walnut free-form slab top with 2 rosewood butterflies.
59" x 38.5" x 13"
1970
46) AMOEBA NESTING TABLES
American black walnut amoeba shaped tops, each with one free sap edge.
21" x 17" x 21" & 19.5" x 17.5" x 19" & 15" x 17.5" x 17"
1972 - signed and dated
47) "R" BENCH/COFFEE TABLE
American black walnut free form top with one rosewood butterfly.
59.5" x 27" x 13"
1972 - signed and dated
48) SPECIAL COFFEE TABLE
American black walnut 2-board book-matched top with 4 rosewood butterflies, free sap edges and central sap streak. On 2 bracket supports.
1973 - signed and dated
49) TWO DRAWER NIGHT STAND
American black walnut.
15.5" x 19" x 25.5"
1978
50) SLED BASED COFFEE TABLE
American black walnut free form top with 2 free sap edges on the very rare sled base.
53.5" x 27.5" x 13"
1985
Cabinets and Chests
51) DOUBLE SLIDING DOOR
CABINET
American black walnut case with highly figured cherry doors and free front sap
edge. Interior fitted with 8 cherry drawers.
60" x 21.5" x 32"
1949
52) RADIO CABINET
Cherry, with grilled radio cloth panel over the speaker. Unique, custom design
- one of the first such cabinets made.
61" wide x 21.5" deep x 33" high
1951
53) DOUBLE SLIDING DOOR CABINET
Cherry case with walnut sliding doors, dovetailed edges.
60" x 20" x 32"
1954
54) HANGING WALL CABINET
American black walnut with early, original pandanus cloth.
72" x 15" x 18"
1956
55) RADIO CABINET
Two sliding pandanus cloth "radio" doors with free front sap edge -
left and right overhangs.
80" x 21.5" x 32"
1956
56) DOUBLE SLIDING DOOR CABINET
American black walnut with free front edge and left overhang.
65.5" x 21" x 32"
1957
57) DOUBLE SLIDING DOOR CABINET
American black walnut with free front edge and right overhang.
65.5" x 21" x 32"
1957
58) DOUBLE SLIDING DOOR CABINET
American black walnut case with dovetailed edges and walnut sliding doors.
Interior fitted with 8 cherry drawers.
72" x 20" x 32"
1958
59) HIGH CHEST OF DRAWERS
American black walnut case with dovetailed edges and 6 drawers.
36" x 20" x 53"
1958
60) BOOKCASE
Cherry case with dovetailed top edges - 2 fixed and 2 adjustable shelves.
36" x 12" x 46"
1959
61) LOW ROOM DIVIDER
American black walnut with grilled pandanus cloth sliding doors and free front
sap edge - on special base.
56" x 18" x 28"
1960
62) SPECIAL HANGING WALL DISPLAY CASE
American black walnut with dovetailed edges. Sliding glass doors and walnut
shelves.
36" x 12" x 36"
1961
63) DOUBLE CHEST OF DRAWERS
Cherry with free front sap edge and dovetailed edges.
60" x 22.5" x 32"
1965
64) HANGING WALL CABINET
Cherry with free front edge.
60" x 17" x 16.5"
1969
65) SLIDING DOOR CABINET WITH TOP PIECE
American black walnut cabinets with walnut doors and free sap edges. Bottom cabinet with left and right overhangs, and top piece with dovetailed corners.
Base cabinet - 72" x 22.5" x 32"
Top cabinet - 60" x 14" x 25"
1969
66) CONOID ROOM DIVIDER
Persian walnut and rosewood with free front sap edge and grilled pandanus cloth
doors.
57" x 19.5" x 24"
1970
67) SPECIAL, SMALE SCALE SLIDING DOOR CABINET
Custom, small scale cabinet. American black walnut double sliding door cabinet with free front sap edge and dovetailed corners.
40" x 19" x 24.75"
1973 - signed and dated
68) SPECIAL ROOM DIVIDER
American black walnut with back and front free sap edges and dovetailed side
edges. Solid decorative maple panel on one side with 5 walnut drawers. Solid
decorative walnut panel on the other side with 2 drawers and 2 sliding doors.
108.25" x 26.5" x 42"
1975
69) BAHUT
Claro walnut book-matched doors with burl pull. One of the most rare of all Nakashima forms, this was the last one designed by and created under the supervision of George Nakashima - finished just a week prior to his death. Signed "Nakashima, June 1990" by Mira.
36" x 20" x 55"
1990
Settees, Daybeds & Benches
70) LONG CHAIR
American black walnut with black cotton webbing and seagrass.
62" x 25.5" x 31"
1952
71) SPECIAL COFFEE TABLE/BENCH
Unique form. American black walnut slab tops with one butterfly.
106" x 20-45" x 15"
1957
72) DAYBED
American black walnut free form back.
72" x 30" x 30.5"
1959
73) DAYBED
Cherry free form back with maple plywood deck for cushion.
84.5" x 32" x 34"
1964
74) 6' SETTEE
American black walnut, and maple plywood deck with square-sectioned vertical
slats, turned feet.With right arm.
75" x 32" x 30"
1965
75) "R" BENCH/COFFEE TABLE
American black walnut free form top with one rosewood butterfly.
59.5" x 27" x 13"
1972 - signed and dated
76) BENCH WITH BACK WITH ARMS
American black walnut with hickory spindles.
63" x 23" x 32"
1974
Chairs
77) 2 STRAIGHT BACK CHAIRS
American black walnut
1950
78) GRASS-SEATED CHAIRS - Sets of 1, 2, 4, & 6
American black walnut with sea grass seat.
23.5" x 18.5" x 26.5"
1952 - 1962
79) 4 MIRA CHAIRS
Walnut and poplar .
19" x 16.5" x 26" (17" seat height)
1955
80) 3 HIGH MIRA CHAIRS
Poplar and walnut.
20" x 19" x 33.5"( 24" seat height)
1956
81) 3 HIGH MIRA CHAIRS
Walnut.
20" x 19" x 33.5"( 24" seat height)
1956
82) PAIR OF NEW CHAIRS
American black walnut with hickory spindles.
18.5" x 17.5" x 35"
1958
83) 5 MIRA CHAIRS
Cherry.
19" x 16.5" x 26" (17" seat height)
1959
84) MIRA CHAIR
American black walnut.
19" x 16.5" x 26" (17" seat height)
1959
85) MIRA CHAIR
American black walnut.
19" x 16.5" x 26" (17" seat height)
1959
86) HIGH MIRA CHAIR
Poplar and walnut.
20" x 19" x 33.5"( 24" seat height)
1959
87) 4 NEW CHAIRS
Cherry with hickory spindles.
18.5" x 17.5" x 35"
1960
88) MIRA CHAIR
American black walnut.
19" x 16.5" x 26" (17" seat height)
1961
89) 3 CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS
American black walnut.
24" x 17.5" x 28"
1964
90) HIGH MIRA CHAIR
Walnut.
20" x 19" x 33.5" (26" seat height)
1961
91) 4 MIRA CHAIRS
Cherry.
19" x 16.5" x 26" (17" seat height)
1964
92) 4 CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS
Cherry.
24" x 17.5" x 28"
1964
93) 6 STRAIGHT BACK CHAIRS
American black walnut.
1964
94) CONOID CHAIR
American black walnut with hickory spindles
20" x 22" x 35.5"
1967
95) PAIR OF NEW CHAIRS WITH ARMS
American black walnut with hickory spindles.
25" x 21" x 38.5"
1974
96) 2 HIGH MIRA CHAIRS
American black walnut.
20" x 19" x 33.5"( 27" seat height)
1975
97) NEW LOUNGE CHAIR WITH ARMS
American black walnut. Very rare form with arms.
26.5" x 25" x 32"
1979
98) 6 LOW 4-LEGGED STOOLS
Cherry.
19" x 16.5" x 26.5" (17" seat height)
1985 - signed and dated
Headboards and Platforms
99) QUEEN HEADBOARD
American black walnut free form slab with top free sap edge. Can accommodate a
king size mattress.
96" wide x 36" high
c. 1955
100) SLAT-BACK FULL SIZE HEADBOARD
American black walnut.
56" wide x 36" high
1956
101) FULL SIZE SLAB HEADBOARD
American black walnut free form slab with top free sap edge. Can accommodate a
queen size mattress.
87" wide x 36.5" high
1958
102) FULL SIZE SLAB HEADBOARD
American black walnut free form slab with top free sap edge. Can accommodate a
queen size mattress.
88" wide x 36.5" high
1958
103) SLAT-BACK FULL SIZE HEADBOARD
American black walnut.
56"wide x 36" high
1963
104) FULL SIZE SLAB HEADBOARD
American black walnut free form slab. Can accommodate a queen size mattress.
83.5" wide x 38" high
1963-4
105) CONOID FULL SIZE HEADBOARD
American black walnut. Unique configuration with cabinets, shelving and right
overhang.
102" x 18.5" x 26"
1964
106) FULL SIZE SLAB HEADBOARD
Cherry free form slab. Can accommodate a queen size mattress.
84" wide x 37" high
1967
107) SLAB HEADBOARD
American black walnut free-form slab.
60" wide x 35" high
1973
108) KING SIZE BED PLATFORM
American black walnut with maple plywood deck.
78" wide
1973
Lighting
109) SPECIAL FLOOR LAMP
American black walnut with fiberglass shade.
60" tall x 15" diameter
1965
110)
KENT HALL FLOOR LAMP
Root base with central rosewood column and rosewood, holly and fiberglass shade. Rare use of rosewood and one of the most spectacular bases we've had.
21" diameter x 59" high
1974 - signed and dated
111)
TABLE LAMP
Root base with central rosewood column and rosewood, holly and fiberglass shade. Rare use of rosewood
12" diameter x 32" high
1974 - signed and dated
112) KENT HALL FLOOR LAMP
Sweet cherry with holly rings and fiberglass shade.
16.5" diameter x 59" high
1976
Miscellaneous
113) BOOK STAND
American black walnut.
20" x 12.5" x 8"
1960
114) SPECIAL SHELVING UNIT
American black walnut 8' & 5' free edge shelves with English oak burl
divider. Wall-mounted.
156" long x 18" deep x 22" high
1962
115) ALTAR
American black walnut - made for St. Paul's Abbey.
54" x 29.5" x 39"
1963
116) ALTAR
American black walnut - made for St. Paul's Abbey.
72" x 29.5" x 42"
1963
117) TABLE PLINTH
American black walnut.
11.5" x 9.5"
1976 - signed & dated
118) MIRA MIRROR/JEWELRY BOX
Persian and American black walnut case with internal mirror and 6 jewelry compartments.
13.5" x 15" x 4"
c. 1976
119) TABLE PLINTH
Cocobolo.
15.5" x 9"
1989
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Photography Credit: Michael J. Joniec
