A Movement in Museums and on the Street

The Nakashima Furniture Studios


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The world famous studios of George Nakashima . A Brilliant designer and furniture maker , now run by his daughter .

George Katsutoshi Nakashima (May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was a Japanese American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th Century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement. In 1983, he accepted the Order of the Sacred Treasure, an honor bestowed by the emperor of Japan and the Japanese government.[1]

A Movement in Museums and on the Street
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