Frankfurt Kitchen, 1926-1930
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzkyexpand_more
Kitchen cabinetry and stoveexpand_more
Gift of funds from Regis Foundationexpand_more 2004.195
On View in Gallery 378expand_more
The Frankfurt Kitchen introduced concepts that still appeal to us today. It is efficient, space-saving, and easy to clean. Prep while sitting on a stool, dry your dishes in the rack above the sink. Baking and cooking staples are kept handy in labeled aluminum bins. Unlike old-style kitchens with dirty, wood-burning stoves, this kitchen has a modern electric stove, a large window for natural light, a movable ceiling light fixture, a pass-through to the dining room, and even a mounted ironing board (for freshly pressed napkins').
Schütte-Lihotzky studied train dining cars and ship galleys as well as the work of kitchen reformers when designing the Frankfurt Kitchens. Mass-produced, they were installed in 10,000 new apartments built to ease Germany’s housing shortage after World War I.
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- Title
- Frankfurt Kitchen
- Artist Life
- 1897–2000
- Role
- Designer
- Accession Number
- 2004.195
- Curator Approved
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