Hotpoint is a British brand of domestic appliances. After a few years of trial and error, George Hughes created the electric range what would revolutionize the way we cook in our home kitchens, and Hotpoint launched many appliance industry firsts. Including the side-opening electric two-slice toaster that has nickel-plated sheet metal, trapezoid-shaped body with overhanging top, curved corners, bent rim, and is pierced with geometric pattern. Electric toasters, which did not gain real popularity until the late 1920s, were often a symbol of modernism. The toaster’s “Art Deco” styling was a combination of many different art movements of the time. It used geometric shapes and unusual, modern materials to create a new, “modern” aesthetic that became increasingly popular until the great depression.
