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American Kasten: The Dutch-Style Cupboards of New York and New Jersey, 1650-1800

American Kasten: The Dutch-Style Cupboards of New York and New Jersey, 1650–1800

Kenny, Peter M., Frances Gruber Safford, and Gilbert T. Vincent
1991
88 pages
69 illustrations
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Foreword
John K. Howat

Introduction

American Kasten

Catalogue

Appendices

Glossary

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Met Art in Publication

Cupboard (Beeldenkast), Oak, Dutch, Amsterdam
Cupboard (Beeldenkast)
Dutch, Amsterdam
1622
Beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde slang-brand-spuiten, Jan van der Heyden Dutch, Etched and engraved illustrations
Beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde slang-brand-spuiten
Multiple artists/makers
1690
Oficina Arcularia in Qua sunt ad spectantia diversa Eximia exempla ex varijs autoribus collecta/ Bouticque Menuserie
1642
Desk-on-frame, Sweet gum, possibly mahogany veneer, yellow poplar, American
Desk-on-frame
American
1690–1720
Kast, Painted white oak, red oak, American
Kast
American
1650–1700
Kast, Painted yellow poplar, red oak, white pine, American
Kast
American
1690–1720

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Kenny, Peter M., Frances Gruber Safford, and Gilbert Tapley Vincent. 1991. American Kasten: The Dutch-Style Cupboards of New York and New Jersey, 1650-1800. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.