THOMAS LINCOLN'S PIE SAFE

Pie cupboards, kitchen safes, tin safes are some names for a 19th century cabinet to store pies, breads, and other bakery. Pierced tin panels ventilated the cabinet and kept out dust and insects. They were a solution to the problem of storing the week's baked goods. These unique cabinet became popular about 1830 until iceboxes appeared, and the 19th century housewife who owned one was proud. Today, these charming heirlooms are equally popular for storing china, clothing, or a variety of things in any room. Thomas Lincoln, cabinet maker, designed and built this pie safe in Illinois for his wife, Sarah, some time in the late 1840s. Affidavits affirm that Sarah Lincoln, Abraham's stepmother, prized her safe for decades when she lived in her two room log cabin farm south of Charleston, Illinois. This pie safe is now a treasured relic in the Special Collections, University of Chicago, who granted permission to measure it.

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