Objects for Preparing Food

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Insitution & Renwick Gallery, 1972

By [Kitchen equipment; Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery; Sandra Zimmerman (curator); Mimi Sheraton (introduction)]

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Insitution & Renwick Gallery, 1972. Large square booklet, stapled in wrappers (30.5 x 30.5 cm.), 52 pages. Illustrated throughout from photographs. FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of kitchen tools and furniture shown at an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery and The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Introduction and notes by Mimi Sheraton. This exhibition ran from Sept. 1972 to April 1973, and displayed common and unusual kitchen gadgets from the pre-history to the present time. Very light rubbing to printed cardstock wrappers, otherwise fine.

Details

Title

Objects for Preparing Food

Author

[Kitchen equipment; Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery; Sandra Zimmerman (curator); Mimi Sheraton (introduction)]

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Smithsonian Insitution & Renwick Gallery: Washington, DC

Date

1972

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