Jay Ackerman and Manning, Bowman & Co.
Food Warmer
1934
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Physical Qualities
Steel, chrome plate, bakelite, 6 1/4 x 22 x 11 in. (15.9 x 55.9 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1997.191
Practical but chic, large-scale serving items such as this gleaming food warmer and the resplendent coffee urn nearby reflect the move toward less formal entertaining in early 20th-century homes. The generous, geometric, simplified forms of these appliances conjure the spirit of modernity, also expressed by streamlined designs and chromium trim on automobiles of the period.
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2022
Markings: Marked underneath warmer "MADE BY MANNING-BOWMAN & CO./MERIDEN, CONN. U.S.A./VOLTS 110-120 WATTS 120 CATL NO. 104 SERIAL NO."
