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Hull House Kilns
1927-1940
Chicago Illinois
A social settlement formed by Jane Adams & Ellen Gates. The Hull House Kilns were an outgrowth of the Labor Museum organized in 1927. The kilns made all sorts of tableware pieces, animal & children figures of dense heavy clays glazed with very bright colors. Some had decorated or hand incised designs. The Labor Museum gave immigrants a place to practice the old county crafts and then they were exhibited & sold there. The Hull-House Shops conducted evening classes by social workers who belonged to the Chicago Arts & Crafts Society. From Lehner's Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain & Clay, Lois Lehner
WPA Related Pages:
- WPA's Hull House Kilns Home Page
- WPA Press Article on Steve Schoneck Presentation
- Hull House Kilns Examples