Description
Loaded with labor and time-saving conveniences, the Hoosier cabinet was once a few of the earliest design innovations of the up to date American kitchen. This culinary workstation allowed owners to deal with an efficient and clutter-free kitchen by centralizing utensils, cookware, tools, and ingredients the entire at the same time as providing a space in which to prepare the meals of the day. Bloomington-based cabinetmaker Nancy R. Hiller draws on her years of specialty cabinet making and thorough knowledge of interior design to deliver an entertaining, beautiful, and informative history of the Hoosier cabinet―revealing its influence at the development of the latest American home. Illustrated with original manufacturers’ advertisements and sales literature―some of which is prior to now unpublished―in addition to color and black-and-white photos, this long-overdue book on an icon of the early 20th-century kitchen will be an invaluable resource to cabinetmakers, antiques enthusiasts, and homeowners planning a period-inspired kitchen.