George Nakashima Minguren Table
George Nakashima Studio Minguren II Coffee Table
By George Nakashima, George Nakashima Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coffee table from American mid-century craftsman George Nakashima. The table crafted of black
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century 1980 Vintage George Nakashima Minguren II Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in London, GB
Japanese American architect, father of the American craft movement, George Nakashima primarily
Category
Vintage 1980s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
$65,498
H 13.39 in W 66.15 in D 16.54 in
Mira Nakashima Minguren II Coffee Table based on a design by G. Nakashima
By George Nakashima Woodworkers, George Nakashima
Located in Berlin, DE
Minguren II coffee table by Mira Nakashima based on a design by George Nakashima in black walnut
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...
Materials
Walnut
$46,276 / item
H 14.97 in W 33.47 in D 36.23 in
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George Nakashima Minguren II table
By George Nakashima
Located in Kingston, NY
GEORGE NAKASHIMA
Minguren II Dining Table or Desk, 1987
American black walnut
Book-matched slab
Category
Vintage 1980s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren Cocktail Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Nakashima Minguren cocktail table. A stunning example. Full provenance.
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Minguren Desk
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A seminal example of Nakashima's work. Full provenance accompanies.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Minguren I Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatic free-form American black walnut coffee table with rosewood butterfly
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Craftsman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
A Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Sea Cliff, NY
and dated by George Nakashima.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Minguren Desk by George Nakashima, 1982
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
American black walnut with 2 free edges and drawer, 1982
Category
Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Crosscut Minguren I Coffee Table by George Nakashima, 1974
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, diagonally crosscut top in an uncommon wood for Nakashima - oregon myrtle - with 2
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Craftsman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Persian Walnut Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima, 1985
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare, highly figured Persian walnut, free-form top on American black walnut base, signed and dated 1985.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
George Nakashima Minguren coffee table with rare base
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Craftsman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
George Nakashima Minguren II Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Beautiful George Nakashima Minguren II side,lamp,or coffee table. With a very expressive single
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren II Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Perfect example of George Nakashima's Minguren II side table. Architectural base and outstanding
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
irregularities in the grain. Signed and dated by George Nakashima.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Magnificent George Nakashima Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and terrifically thoughtful Minguren Coffee Table by George Nakakshima, signed George
Category
Vintage 1970s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren One Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Exceptional George Nakashima coffee table with a thick single-slab top, continuous free edge to all
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Wonderful Minguren Side Table By George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful free edge Minguren table made of English and American Walnut. The top is highly figured
Category
Vintage 1970s American Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Superb George Nakashima Minguren 1 Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Exceptional Nakashima Ming 1 side or occasional table with a very expressive figured top. Two free
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Spectacular George Nakashima Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional example of Nakashima's skilled craftmanship . A magnificent plank of English burl
Category
Vintage 1980s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Large George Nakashima Minguren 1 Side Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Beautiful and large Nakashima Ming 1side table. Top with a single slab top with free edges
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren II Coffee Table, 1968
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
crotch cut edge, fissures and a single butterfly. Signed and dated “George Nakashima 1968" This table and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Double Minguren Coffee Table, 1970
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Exceptional and large George Nakashima coffee table in American black walnut and executed in 1970
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Berlin, DE
Excellent Nakashima walnut coffee table atop a rare Ming II base. Nice expressive top with sap edge
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren II Coffee Table Rosewood, 1978
By George Nakashima
Located in Amarillo, TX
George Nakashima
Minguren II coffee table.
Nakashima Studio.
English walnut and rosewood
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
George Nakashima, Minguren II Walnut Coffee Table, Signed and Dated 1984
By George Nakashima Studio, George Nakashima
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
George Nakashima, Minguren II Coffee Table
in Persian walnut and American black walnut, featuring a
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 15.36 in W 64.57 in D 16.15 in
Minguren Table by George Nakashmia
By George Nakashima
Located in Atlanta, GA
A square pedestal table with Minguren I type support by George Nakashima circa 1968. Featuring an
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut, Holly
George and Mira Nakashima English Oak, Walnut and Hickory Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful collaboration from father and daughter George and Mira Nakashima. This table was custom
Category
Vintage 1980s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hickory, Oak, Walnut
H 15 in W 51 in D 27 in
Minguren II Coffee Table by Nakashima Woodworkers, US 2021
By George Nakashima
Located in Berlin, DE
Minguren II coffee table by Nakashima Woodworkers US 2021
Mira Nakashima black walnut Minguren II
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Coc...
Materials
Walnut
Mira Nakashima, Minguren Desk, in walnut
rosewood, signed
dated 2008
By Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima Woodworkers
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Large desk in American black walnut by Mira Nakashima, the single slab top with live edges, sap
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren Table
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A walnut table designed by George Nakashima
clients name on underside of table top.
expressive
Category
Vintage 1960s American Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren II Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large arrow shaped slab of black walnut on a Minguren II base
2 Butterfly Joints, free edges and
Category
Vintage 1980s North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Attributed Walnut
Minguren
Pedestal Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Sharon, CT
Unique table/stand attaches (screws) to wall. Unsigned and unmarked.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren ii Coffee Table, 1968
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
and a crotch cut edge. Signed and dated "George Nakashima 1968" This table and the following two
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Minguren II Coffee Table, 1968
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
dated "George Nakashima 1968" This table and the following two coffee tables listings are from the same
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Walnut Minguren Side Table, USA, 1960s
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
This table has wonderful proportion and scale making it useful for a variety of purposes.
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren II Walnut and Rosewood Coffee Table, 1978
By George Nakashima
Located in Amarillo, TX
George Nakashima Minguren II coffee table.
Nakashima Studio, 1978
English walnut and rosewood
Category
Vintage 1970s American Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
George Nakashima, Large Minguren Low Table, USA, 1974
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
George Nakashima's beautiful Minguren low/cocktail table is substantially sized, handmade of large
Category
Vintage 1970s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima, Minguren II Low Table, USA, 1975
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
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The table is accompanied by the original receipt from the client from George Nakashima’s New Hope
Category
Vintage 1970s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular large coffee table in walnut by master woodworker George Nakashima. This sculptural
Category
Late 20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut, Rosewood
George Nakashima Minguren Cocktail Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A petite Nakashima table. Provenance accompanies.
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
George Nakashima Minguren II Dining Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A dining table model "Minguren II" by the American-Japanese designer George Nakashima (1905-1990
Category
Vintage 1980s American American Craftsman Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Minguren II Dining Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare dining table form by Nakashima. American black walnut bookmatched top with 5 rosewood
Category
20th Century American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Chicago, IL
client's name to underside: [Altshuler].The freeform top of George Nakashima' Minguren II coffee table
Category
American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Rare Keyaki Minguren Coffee Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
Rare Keyaki Minguren Coffee Table
USA, 1984
Keyaki (Zelkova Serrata)
15.01 x 57.05 x 24.03 in
Category
Late 20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Minguren I Dining Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
American black walnut single board top with rich graining and knotholes
Category
Vintage 1970s Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Minguren III Table by George Nakashima, circa 1968
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the largest tables made by George Nakashima. This features a highly figured American black
Category
Vintage 1960s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
A Minguren Base Coffee Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Sea Cliff, NY
A very rare and wonderful example of the Minguren Line By Nakashima.Highly figured Persian Walnut
Category
20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
10.5 ft. Minguren III Table by George Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare, spectacular, highly figured American black walnut boat-shaped dining table/conference table
Category
Vintage 1960s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Minguren II End Table by George Nakashima, 1963-4
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
English oak burl & East Indian laurel with walnut side butterfly -- rare woods for Nakashima. Early
Category
Vintage 1960s American End Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima "Minguren" Free Edge Desk
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A spectacular example with full provenance.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima, 1975
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly figured and dramatic free form top of American black walnut with one rosewood butterfly.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Walnut Minguren Coffee Table with Butterfly Key
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite walnut Minguren coffee table by George Nakashima retains it's original, beautifully
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima, 1969
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and rare wood combination in this elegant coffee table - Persian walnut with rosewood
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Minguren II Coffee Table by George Nakashima, 1989 - Signed
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
American black walnut free form top with 2 rosewood butterflies
Category
Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
10 ft. Minguren III Dining Table by George Nakashima, 1976-7
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and dramatic, 2 board, book-matched, Persian walnut 10' long Minguren III Dining
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Vintage 1970s American Dining Room Tables
20th Century Minguren iv Walnut Table by George Nakjashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Sea Cliff, NY
form. The original prototype sits in the Minguren Museum at the Nakashima Studio. Dramatic marbling
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
George Nakashima Minguren I End Table
Located in New York, NY
A Minguren I end table in walnut.
Category
Vintage 1970s American End Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Prototype for the Minguren Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is the first Minguren table Nakashima ever produced, according to his daughter, Mira Nakashima
Category
Vintage 1960s American Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Minguren I Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Minguren I coffee table by George Nakashima
Category
20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
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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 of chairs, coffee tables and other pieces. What sets Nakashima apart is the poetic style of his work, his reverence for wood and the belief that his furniture could evince — as he put it in the title of his 1981 memoir — The Soul of a Tree.
Born in Spokane, Washington, to Japanese immigrants, Nakashima traveled widely after college, working and studying in Paris, Japan and India, and at every stop he absorbed both modernist and traditional design influences.
The turning point in Nakashima’s career development came in the United States in 1942, when he was placed in an internment camp for Asian-Americans in Idaho. There, Nakashima met a master woodcarver who tutored him in Japanese crafting techniques. A former employer won Nakashima’s release and brought him to bucolic New Hope, Pennsylvania, where Nakashima set up a studio and worked for the rest of his life. (Master craftsperson Mira Nakashima keeps her father’s legacy alive at the George Nakashima Studio in New Hope today. She has been the artistic director of George Nakashima Woodworkers since her father's death, in 1990.)
Nakashima’s singular aesthetic is best captured in his custom-made tables and benches — pieces that show off the grain, burls and whorls in a plank of wood. He left the “free edge,” or natural contour, of the slab un-planed, and reinforced fissures in the wood with “butterfly” joints.
Almost all Nakashima seating pieces have smooth, milled edges. Nakashima also contracted with large-scale manufacturers to produce carefully supervised editions of his designs. Knoll has offered his Straight chair — a modern take on the spindle-backed Windsor chair — since 1946; the now-defunct firm Widdicomb-Mueller, the result of a merger between Widdicomb and Mueller Furniture, issued the Shaker-inspired Origins collection in the 1950s.
Nelson Rockefeller in 1973 gave Nakashima his single largest commission: a 200-piece suite for his suburban New York estate. Today, Nakashima furniture is collected by both the staid and the fashionable: his work sits in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as in the homes of Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, Diane von Furstenberg and the late Steve Jobs.
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