RARE BALL FOOT WILLIAM AND MARY KAS WITH INLAID DECORATION

Bergen County, New Jersey   Circa 1790

Primary Woods: Gumwood, Cherry
Secondary Wood: Poplar

Height: 78 inches
Width: 73 1/4 inches
Depth: 27 inches

Item number 6595.2

Reference: A similar Bergen County, New Jersey kas appears in American Kasten: The Dutch-Style Cupboards of New York and New Jersey 1650-1800 by Peter Kenny, F. Grubber Safford, and Gilbert Vincent, page 26, illus.26, dating to 1790-1810, which exhibits neo-classical ornamentation of inlaid paterae and other carved and molded designs typical of Federal architecture and decoration in Bergen County.

Photograph © Bruce M. White