Chute (drawer)
A chute is a drawer that is pointed at the front and has a handle on the back. Developed and registered as a utility model under the name Haarer-Schütte in 1926 , the Schütte was developed by Otto Haarer . The most famous use was in the Frankfurt kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky .
Until the advent of small packaging units, chutes were an integral part of kitchen culture. Kitchen equipment , in particular the so-called kitchen cabinets Gelsenkirchen Baroque were mostly for storing frequently used cooking ingredients with several in a closet or under a central shelf mounted chutes ( chute box ) made of glass or porcelain - provided with - of painted marking. There they were used to store flour, sugar, salt, peas and other bulk goods or - provided with dimensions - as hollow dimensions .
Nowadays you can almost only find chutes in large kitchens .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutscher Werkbund (ed.), Oikos. From the fireplace to the microwave. Household and living through the ages. Gießen: Anabas-Verlag 1992, p. 108 ff.