Lilly Reich. Ground-Floor House in The Dwelling of Our Time, German Building Exhibition, Berlin, Germany (Steel kitchen cabinet). 1931

Lilly Reich Ground-Floor House in The Dwelling of Our Time, German Building Exhibition, Berlin, Germany (Steel kitchen cabinet) 1931

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In her design of several kitchens at the 1931 German Building Exhibition in Berlin, Reich embraced the rational principles of domestic reformers Christine Frederick and Erna Meyer. Reich's Apartment for a Single Person featured a cooking cabinet that was subsequently put into production by Otto Kahn. When closed, it appeared to be an ordinary closet or wardrobe, but when opened it revealed a sink, shelves, two burners, drawers, counter space, and a hook on which to hang a kettle.

Gallery label from Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen, September 15, 2010–March 14, 2011.
Medium
Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions
16 1/2 x 21 1/2" (41.9 x 54.6 cm)
Credit
Lilly Reich Collection, Mies van der Rohe Archive
Object number
R9.139
Department
Architecture and Design
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