The Knoll Nakashima Tray features contrasting wooden handles, produced from stunning Douglas Fir and Wenge wood. The tray is ideal for carrying breakfast in bed or used for transporting drinks to outdoor seating in the summer.
George Nakashima, wood craftsman and poet, studied architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle, the Ecole Americaine des Beaux-Arts Fontainebleau in France and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He worked for Antonin Raymond. Nakashima received the gold medal for craftsmanship from the American Institute of Architects and the Hazlett Award.
The subject of several one-man exhibitions, Nakashima also authored The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections.