George Nakashima, Two-door cabinet

1962
Walnut, pandanus cloth.
31 3/4 x 83 x 22 1/2 in. (80.6 x 210.8 x 57.2 cm)
Executed by George Nakashima Woodworker, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Reverse inscribed #1462/Pipper in pencil. Together with a copy of the original order card.

Provenance

Elizabeth and George Pipper, Akron, Ohio, acquired directly from George Nakashima Woodworker, 1962
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

George Nakashima, The Soul of a Tree, A Woodworker's Reflections, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 39, 170-72, 178 for similar examples
Derek E. Ostergard, George Nakashima: Full Circle, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 1989, p. 166 for a similar example