33405
Accession Number
30943
Title Of Article Chaper
Preserving change in the restoration of an 18<sup>th</sup> century New York kast
Title Of Journal Book
Postprints of the Wooden Artifacts Group
Pages
44298
Publisher
American Institute for Conservation. Wooden Artifacts Group
Publisher City
Washington, D.C.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
American Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting (31)
Meeting City
Arlington, VA
Abstract
Kasten are the large, ornate storage cabinets that were used in homes in the Netherlands to hold linens and other valuables and to display ceramic, silver and glass objects on their tops. They were integral to the clean and well-ordered homes the Dutch were famous for in the 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup> centuries. A furniture maker discusses the restoration of a kast built in the Kings County section of Long Island. It was made of red gum wood. The cornice had been cut down and needed restoration.
pub_id
33405
Meeting Date
20030600