Kas

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Kas

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.434

Description

Kas, red stained: heavy projecting cornice with mitered corners; two doors, with highly raised panels, conceal small drawer, three shelves; three pilasters between and flanking doors, with capital-like molding top and bottom, with horizontal strips of molding at mid-point of length, that of central pilaster sliding to right to reveal keyhole; doors hung on pins; below doors, molding; beneath molding, single drawer, with two wooden pulls, panelled to resemble two drawers; lozenge-shaped bosses flanking, and in center of drawer; corners of lower portion of kas dove-tailed; molding at bottom; feet are flattened ball on disk, with post feet at rear.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1733 Date made: r. 1700 - 1733

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

79 in

Width

75 in

Depth

26-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 79 x 75 x 26 1/2 in. (200.7 x 190.5 x 67.3 cm)

Material

Gumwood, Poplar

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Repairs; 12-1958: Schneider, 175 E. 87th St., NY, NY 28. Missing pieces (of molding?) replaced. Repairs; 8-14-1959: Staff. Molding over keyhole pulled off by guest. Glued and nailed back. Door (right) pulled askew. Reset. 7-1960; 12-1960. Jan. 3, 2002. Philip Guttridge of Antique Restoration repaired kas by reattaching the interior corner block with screws and hide glue which will keep the door from falling off; he also reattached the molding below the cornice and molding along the left, front and right of the kas below the drawer section, and molding along the left side and front. He reattached the molding by tapping the nails already in place to reattach the loose molding areas as best as possible without creating new nail holes or using new nails.

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

Most characteristic features of Hudson River Valley kas present in this piece: Heavy over-hanging cornice, panelled doors, bulbous turned feet.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Travelers' Chamber/SW