Important Design
Important Design
Property from an Important New York Collection
George Nakashima
Unique Console Table
Auction Closed
December 8, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important New York Collection
George Nakashima
Unique Console Table
circa 1979
macassar ebony
signed George Nakashima/Fiore and dated 1980
35 x 50½ x 18 in. (88.9 x 128.3 x 45.7 cm)
Victoria Fiore, Pennsylvania, acquired directly from the artist
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, New York, 2003, p. 114 (for the present lot illustrated)
The present unique console table was part of a collection acquired by Victoria Fiore for her part-time work at the Nakashima Studios in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Ms. Fiore and her husband Roland learned of the furniture maker George Nakashima at a local church fair, where soon after they developed a close friendship. Ms. Fiore, a retired opera singer, spent Saturdays working as a receptionist at the Nakashima Studio between 1968 and 1988. The Fiore’s would use the earnings to purchase pieces from the studio, including chairs, cabinets, bedroom sets and the present console table.