Ideal 20th Century Kitchens

Nick and Nora Charles and Asta in "The Thin Man" --
The Art Deco backgrounds of their beautiful apartment included a pure 1930s kitchen.

Yesterday I briefly explored the idea that the art of the twentieth century might, like the art of earlier centuries, be an interesting source of visual information about how we ate and cooked in kitchens, restaurants, and diners. My examples were drawings, paintings, and sculpture.

TV and movies in the future will surely be an even bigger help for those who want to visualize the kitchens from our recent past. Though the kitchens on film were usually idealized, there was a lot of resemblance to reality, I think.

The following kitchens don't need much more said about them ...