I had written to Tristan:
>What you describe was common in America until the 1950s, but
>was commonly called "the kitchen furniture" in much of the U.S.
Isidora added:
> My mother has one of these that belonged to her mother (and you can
> still buy them new today.) I have never heard it called anything other
> than a "hutch." (I know that a hutch is also the thing you keep
domestic
> rabbits in as well.) My mother (who happens to be with us for
> Thanksgiving at the moment) confirms that what she has is a hutch.
> She says that there is also something similar called a "Hoosier
cabinet,"
> but that she thinks those have a flour sifter up above.
> Are the upper doors on your kitchen dresser made of glass? That is
> typical for a hutch.
I respond:
"Kitchen furniture" was the generic term (covering all styles). Some
styles
also included a flour bin (a huge tilt-out compartment lined with tin).