Large Kas or Schrank with the names "Christian Schneider and Elisabedh Schneiderin" inlaid across the top with the year "1780" between the names (4 copies)
Double Door Kas, Schrank or Wardrobe. Hardware missing from both doors and three drawers at the bottom. Back of photo has stamp from Helga Photo Studio, PO Box 903, Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043.
Description on the back of the picture: A beautifully proportioned Lancster County walnut schrank. It has rat-tail hinges, reeded corner columns, and ogee feet.. Courtesy Rockford-Kauffman Museum.
Coffee and tea service made by Joseph Richardson, Jr., Philadelphia, c. 1790. These objects are evidence of Philadelphia's rise to a position of laedership in the arts, despite its late start in comparison with earlier settlements in New England and Virginia. He obvously used techniques in the making of these vessels which were both old and new. Courtesy Winterthur Museum.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Wintertheur Museum accession number: 57.822 - 827
