"Conoid Chair"

Arts of the Americas

1988

George Nakashima (American, 1905–1990)
New Hope, Pennsylvania

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: George Nakashima
Title: "Conoid Chair"
Place: New Hope (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1988
Medium: Walnut and hickory
Inscriptions: Signed under seat in pen: "Chicago Art Inst./ (One piece fig. seat)/George Nakashima, April 29, 1988"
Dimensions: 89.7 × 50.8 × 41.3 cm (35 1/4 × 20 × 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Raymond W. Garbe Fund in honor of Carl A. Erikson
Reference Number: 1988.204

Milo M. Naeve, Identifying American Furniture, Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1989, 2nd ed., no. 189, p. 68 (ill.).

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