Kas

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Kas

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.213

Description

Kas with heavy projecting cornice with mitered corners: two panelled doors, hung on pins, conceal three shelves; flanking doors, three strips horizontal molding each side, at top, bottom, mid-point of doors; at left edge right door, partially disguising opening, narrower strips horizontal molding, top and bottom; below doors, molding; beneath molding, two small drawers; below these, molding; at bottom, large drawer, panelled to resemble two drawers; at ends of drawers, applied lozenge-shaped bosses of curly maple; beneath lower drawer, molding, running around ends of kas, as do all long horizontal strips; feet turned, bulbous, flattened ball on thin disk, attached to boot-jack rear feet by flat boards; brass lockplates on door and lower drawer; four brass drawer pulls.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1734 - 1767 Date made: r. 1734 - 1767

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

78-1/2 in

Width

70 in

Depth

25 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 78 1/2 x 70 x 25 in. (199.4 x 177.8 x 63.5 cm)

Material

Maple (curly), Tulip poplar, Pine

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Refinished: Max Schneider & Son, NYC, 12/58. Remarks: Details of condition: Brasses not original, although of the period.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

VC.58.251 - Kas - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Compare with VC.59.21, VC.58.434.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Kitchen