Utensil Rack

Description:

Wall-mounted metal strip, bent back along its top and bottom, with seven shallow hooks for hanging kitchen tools and two countersunk holes at ends for screws (one screw remains). From an 8-piece cooking utensil set in original box, missing one spoon (1987.3086.1-7, .9).

Date Made: 1930s

Maker: Automatic Wire Goods Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York

Subject: CookingKitchen utensils

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Food

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: William H. and Jane G. Yeingst

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1987.3086.7Nonaccession Number: 1987.3086Catalog Number: 1987.3086.7

Object Name: rack, utensilOther Terms: Kitchen Tool Set; Wall Rack

Physical Description: steel, stainless (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 3/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 30.1625 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2dcb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324274

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