Hanging cupboard
1880 — 1910
National Museum in Szczecin
Part of the collection: Material culture of West Pomerania
The egg cupboard is one form of food storage cabinet and cupboard once popular in West Pomerania. Long-term storage of foodstuffs became a problem, especially in summer, when there were still no refrigerators. Household cellars, being separate buildings, various rooms, granaries, and larders, as well as special types of furniture served this purpose. Typical of cupboards and food cabinets were the open panels of single-leaf doors (in cupboards in their upper part), side panels and, for the hanging versions, also the bottoms. The frame was filled with vertical rungs either as simple slats or in the form of decorative balusters. They were placed or hung in typical household rooms, but decorative ones sometimes even found their way into living quarters. Such airy cupboards and cabinets were best used for storing dairy products, and the presented egg cupboard shows this functional furniture's variety and special design. Iwona Karwowska
Author / creator
Object type
cupboard, cabinet, food cupboard
Technique
carpentry techniques
Material
wood
Origin / acquisition method
donation
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie
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Location / status
1880 — 1910
National Museum in Szczecin
1900 — 1939
National Museum in Szczecin
1950 — 1970
National Museum in Szczecin
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