The 1950s Kitchen

Kathryn Ferry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2011
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0827-5 (ISBN)

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"The 1950s Kitchen".

The 1950s was the first great age of the modern kitchen. Labour-saving appliances, bright colours and the novelty of fitted units moved the kitchen from dankness into light, where it became the domain of the happy housewife and the heart of the home. New space-age material Formica, decorated with fashionable patterns, topped sleek cupboards that contained new classic wares such as Pyrex and 'Homemaker' crockery, and the ingredients for 1950s staples: semolina, coronation chicken and spotted dick. Electricity entered the kitchens of millions, and nowhere in the home was modern technology and modern design more evident. Bold colour, clean lines and stainless steel were keynotes of the decade. This book – a celebration of cooking, eating and living in the 1950s kitchen – is a feast of nostalgia, and a mine of inspiration for anyone wanting to recreate that '50s look in their own home.

Kathryn is a historian, writer and lecturer who has also worked as Senior Architectural Adviser to the Victorian Society. Besides architecture and design her other great interest is the seaside, and the social history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is the author of four other books for Shire, including the bestselling 'Beach Huts and Bathing Machines'.

Heart of the Home
The Fitted Kitchen
Colour and Materials
Labour-Saving Appliances
Cookware and Gadgets
Fifties Food
Further Reading
Index

Reihe/Serie	Shire Library
Zusatzinfo	Fully illustrated throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Gewicht	149 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7478-0827-9 / 0747808279
ISBN-13	978-0-7478-0827-5 / 9780747808275
Zustand	Neuware