The kitchen throughout time has been a center of activity and has always been equipped with numerous dishes, utensils, cooking pots, glass, etc.

 

    •before gas and electricity

    •housekeeping very time consuming

    •kitchen a work area, not a gathering place

    •usually small and dark

    •centered around the stove-either cast iron, wood burning or coal range

    •often separated from eating area by a pass closet called the pantry

    •Hoosier type cabinets, baking cabinets -work space and storage of staples such as flour, sugar, etc.

    •food storage often in cellar in stoneware containers

    •stoneware bowls, enamelware, graniteware-often grey, red, or blue with patterns such as spatter, swirl, or mottled

    •cast iron cookware-Griswold, Wagner ware

 

 

    •beginning of built in cupboards

    •sterile white color used

    •pantries began to disappear

    •electric refrigerators

    •gas cooking ranges

    •appliances -toasters, coffee percolators, mixers

    •white with black trim enamelware

 

    •the all electric kitchen

    •time saving features

    •mixers with attachments-homemakers' dream

    •green hand led utensils

    •checkered designs

    •aluminum cookware

    •tin bread boxes, cannister sets, cake savers, match holders

    •Dinnerware in white/off white with bold designs, patterns     

    •kitchen no longer just a work station- doing more decorating

 

POSTWAR KITCHEN-  Post WWII brought an explosion of color.  Women decorated their kitchens with the many colorful items available from the 5 and dimes such as Woolsworth or from Sears or Montgomery Wards. Magazines advertised products for your "gay modern kitchen"

    •kitchen more of a gathering place

    •chrome tables/chairs with enamel tops

    •explosion of color-predominant use of primary colors-lots of red

    •designs with flowers, fruits, dutch  popular

    •shelving paper, trim, decals, tablecloths, curtains

 

    •Atomic era kitchen

    •featured plastics, Melmac, melamine, raffia ware, lustroware

    •Formica tops

    •pastel colors-aqua, pink, soft yellow

    •Southwest designs , Mexican motifs, designs with kitchen utensils, teapots, coffee pots -used on linens,

      bowls, appliance covers

    •vinyl tablecloths, chair covers, appliance covers

    •built in appliances in colors of turquoise, soft yellow, pink, copper

 

 

 

Tumblers

Pitchers

Cocktail shakers/other barware

Pot holders

Cookie cutters

Vintage small appliances-toasters, mixers, etc

Bakelite utensils/flatware

Other kitchen utensils

Kitchen shakers

Spice tins

Measuring cups/spoons

Sifters

Mixing bowls

Rolling Pins

Salt and Pepper shakers

Kitchen Plastics

Restaurant ware

Cast Iron cookware

Teapots

Coffeepots

Refrigerator Dishes

Kitchen wall clocks

Chalkware

Swanky swigs

Canisters

Bread Boxes

Cake Savers

Shelf Paper

Kitchen decals

Embroidered dish towels

Tablecloths/napkins

Metal trays

Recipie boxes

Cook books

Cookie jars

Aprons

Chrome tables/chairs

Vintage kitchen cabinets

 

Fire King-jadite, sapphire blue, peach blossom,

Pyrex

Jeannette

McKee

Federal

Hazel Atlas

Tipp City

Homer Laughlin

Harker Pottery

Ovenserve

Kitchen Kraft

Royledge shelf edging

Meyercord decals