Kitchen in the Brick Dwelling, Hancock Shaker Village
The food preparation room in the 1830 Brick Dwelling at Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts, with built-in cupboards and drawers, wide work tables and abundant daylight.
Design characteristics
The Brick Dwelling at Hancock housed nearly 100 Shakers, and its kitchens were designed for cooking at scale. Built-in cupboards and drawers line the walls, work tables fill the room and large windows bring in light. Everything is within reach and easy to clean. It is a strong model for a contemporary kitchen built around storage walls and a large central work table instead of uninterrupted upper cabinets.
Classification
- Style
- Shaker
- Category
- Kitchen Cabinets
- Material
- Pine
- Motifs
- Built in drawers, Shaker panel
- Photograph
- 2016
- Photographer
- Bestbudbrian
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Plain panels, peg rails and built-in storage made with exacting care. Shaker communities, United States · c. 1780–1900.
