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Early Slab Type Coffee Table

Creator: George Nakashima
Offered by: Lillian Nassau LLC

Description
This early Slab Coffee Table was commissioned directly from George Nakashima Woodworkers in the mid-1950s.

The Slab series was one of the first lines of coffee tables designed by Nakashima after he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania in the mid-1940s.

This example features a thick slab of black walnut characterized by figured grain with visible darker heartwood along one side and a portion of live edge, supported by an angled leg and simple base.

Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Length: 49 inches (124.5 cm)
Depth: 18 inches (45.7 cm)

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1950-1979
Creation Date:	1955
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Incollect Reference #:	833490

Dimensions

W.	49 in;	H.	13 in;	D.	18 in;
W.	124.46 cm;	H.	33.02 cm;	D.	45.72 cm;

Message from Seller:

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