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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  and 
  below 
  it 
  a 
  lantern, 
  a 
  steelyard 
  for 
  weighing 
  meat; 
  

   and, 
  on 
  the 
  shelves, 
  a 
  watering-pot, 
  a 
  Hour 
  scoop, 
  cook- 
  

   ing 
  utensils, 
  a 
  mortar 
  and 
  pestle, 
  and 
  a 
  coffee-mill. 
  

   Near 
  the 
  old 
  bell 
  on 
  a 
  wire 
  hang 
  dish 
  covers. 
  The 
  

   dresser 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  is 
  appropriately 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   useful 
  articles. 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  being 
  settled 
  by 
  both 
  Dutch 
  and 
  English 
  

   colonists, 
  the 
  kitchens 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  were 
  furnished 
  

   in 
  the 
  Dutch 
  or 
  English 
  style, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  both 
  races. 
  Many 
  Dutch 
  culinary 
  

   utensils 
  became 
  necessities, 
  such 
  as 
  waffle-irons, 
  as 
  their 
  

   dishes 
  found 
  favor 
  on 
  English-American 
  tables. 
  The 
  

   Dutch 
  kitchen 
  was 
  gradually 
  supplanted 
  by 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  eighteenth 
  century 
  the 
  

   kitchen 
  of 
  a 
  well-to-do 
  family, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  Van 
  Cort- 
  

   landt 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  type, 
  was 
  English 
  in 
  character. 
  

  

  The 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  homes 
  is 
  

   noted 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  traveler, 
  Madam 
  Knight, 
  

   who 
  visited 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1707, 
  and 
  recorded 
  

   her 
  impressions. 
  She 
  was 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  

   construction 
  of 
  the 
  houses, 
  which 
  differed 
  

   from 
  those 
  she 
  was 
  accustomed 
  to 
  in 
  Boston. 
  

   She 
  particularly 
  noticed 
  the 
  chimney-pieces 
  

   and 
  the 
  great 
  

   use 
  of 
  tiles. 
  

   "The 
  house 
  

   where 
  the 
  

   vendue 
  was," 
  

   she 
  writes, 
  

   "had 
  c 
  h 
  i 
  m- 
  

   n 
  e 
  y 
  - 
  corners 
  

   like 
  ours, 
  and 
  

   they 
  and 
  the 
  

   hearth 
  were 
  

   laid 
  with 
  the 
  

   finest 
  tile 
  that 
  

   I 
  ever 
  see, 
  and 
  

   the 
  staircases 
  

   laid 
  all 
  with 
  

   white 
  tile, 
  which 
  

   is 
  ever 
  clean, 
  

   and 
  so 
  are 
  the 
  

   walls 
  of 
  the 
  

   kitchen, 
  which 
  

   has 
  a 
  brick 
  

   floor." 
  

  

  Kitchen 
  of 
  the 
  Longfellow 
  House 
  at 
  Portland 
  

  

  This 
  lining 
  

   of 
  white 
  tiles 
  

   shows 
  that 
  

   t 
  h 
  e 
  kitchen 
  

   was 
  Dutch, 
  

   and, 
  m 
  o 
  r 
  e- 
  

  

  tover, 
  the 
  in- 
  

   ventories 
  of 
  

   the 
  Dutch 
  

   i|JW 
  colonists 
  of 
  

   * 
  New 
  Amster- 
  

   dam, 
  with 
  

   their 
  enumer- 
  

   ation 
  of 
  cop- 
  

   per, 
  brass, 
  earth- 
  

   enware, 
  china, 
  

   porcelain, 
  and 
  

   great 
  cupboards 
  

   or 
  cases 
  (Kas), 
  

   show 
  that 
  the 
  

   typical 
  Dutch 
  

   kitchen 
  was 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  but 
  un- 
  

   common. 
  When 
  

   the 
  Dutch 
  

   kitchen 
  is 
  pan- 
  

   eled 
  a 
  bed 
  is 
  often 
  concealed 
  in 
  the 
  woodwork, 
  

   and 
  the 
  kitchen, 
  therefore, 
  serves 
  as 
  a 
  sleeping, 
  

   sitting, 
  and 
  dining-room, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  

   the 
  preparation 
  of 
  meals. 
  This 
  kind 
  of 
  kitchen 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  to-day 
  in 
  Holland; 
  and 
  in 
  New 
  

   Amsterdam 
  the 
  kitchens 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  colonists 
  were 
  

   arranged 
  like 
  those 
  they 
  left 
  at 
  home. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  New 
  Amsterdam 
  living- 
  

   room 
  of 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  century 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   wealthy 
  Cornells 
  Steenwyck, 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  1686. 
  His 
  

   eight-roomed 
  house 
  was 
  very 
  luxuriously 
  furnished. 
  

   The 
  "kitchen 
  chamber," 
  evidently 
  the 
  common 
  fam- 
  

   ily 
  living-room, 
  contained 
  an 
  oval 
  table 
  covered 
  with 
  

   a 
  woolen 
  cloth, 
  twelve 
  chairs, 
  five 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

   Russia 
  leather 
  and 
  three 
  matted, 
  a 
  bedstead 
  with 
  

   curtains 
  hung 
  on 
  iron 
  rods, 
  a 
  Kas, 
  two 
  small 
  

   trunks, 
  a 
  chimney 
  cloth, 
  a 
  looking-glass, 
  a 
  glass 
  

   lantern, 
  three 
  wooden 
  racks 
  for 
  dishes, 
  a 
  "can-board 
  

   with 
  hooks 
  of 
  brass," 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  linen 
  and 
  

   earthenware. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  "cellar 
  kitchen" 
  

  

  A 
  Modern 
  Arrangement 
  

   of 
  an 
  Old-time 
  Kitchen 
  

  

  