Select pieces of Nakashima gallery furniture—culled from galleries, furniture shows and exhibits—are on display and sale at the George Nakashima Woodworker studios in New Hope. The exhibit runs through Aug. 12, according to Mira Nakashima, architect and furniture-maker. Prices range from $250 to $8,500.

George Nakashima opened his studios 50 years ago; Mira Nakashima, who trained with her father for 20 years before his death in 1990, continues to work within his tradition of design and high-quality wood craftsmanship.

One of those traditions is the creation of a second peace altar, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations on Sept. 24. George Nakashima designed the first peace altar in 1986, for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Nakashima envisioned making altars from extraordinary wood for each of the continents of the world, as symbols of peace and as places for meditation and peace demonstrations.

The second altar, called the Table for Peace, will be made from boards of the same tree used for the first table—book matched American Eastern Black Walnut boards measuring l0 feet by 10 feet. The table, which will weigh close to a half-ton, will be permanently housed at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Tax-deductible contributions toward the construction of this or-future altars may be made to Altar for Peace, 293 Aquetong Road, New Hope, Pa. 18939.

The Nakashima studios are open on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by appointment on weekdays. For directions or more information, call 215-862-2272.