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George Nakashima, Conoid Chair, 1971, black walnut and hickory, 35 3⁄8 x 20 5⁄8 x 18 3⁄4 in. (89.8 x 52.5 x 47.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 1991.125
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Conoid Chair
- Artist
- Date
- 1971
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 35 3⁄8 x 20 5⁄8 x 18 3⁄4 in. (89.8 x 52.5 x 47.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986)
- Mediums Description
- black walnut and hickory
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1991.125
Artwork Description
There is drama in the opening of a log--to uncover for the first time the beauty in the bole, or trunk, of a tree hidden for centuries, waiting to be given this second life. -- George Nakashima
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
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Conoid Chair was built from a slab of walnut cantilevered over two legs that George Nakashima designed to make the chair movable on carpeting. The chair was named after Nakashima's studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania, which was modeled on the section of a cone. The thin hickory spindles rising up to support a gently arced cross-member evoke the elegant window walls of the studio, and recall the colonial tradition of simple, functional spindle-back chairs.
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November 13, 2015–March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.