Vintage Lurelle Guild KENSINGTON Brushed ALUMINUM Chelsea ART DECO SERVING TRAY

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Vintage Lurelle Guild KENSINGTON Brushed ALUMINUM Chelsea ART DECO SERVING TRAY:
$38.95

Vintage 1970\'s KENSINGTON ALUMINUM ART DECO SERVING TRAY designed by Lurelle Guild called the Chelsea. It has Palm leaves on each end. Looks a little like a pot leaf. If not used as a serving tray, could be used as a fancy rolling tray. :) Measures 20 1/2 inches long, 11 3/4 inches wide. Very little wear for its age, in very good to almost excellent.“Luxurious beauty is superseding frivolous glitter. Kensington’s beauty is rich, substantial, aristocratic. Kensington metal is a recently discovered alloy of Aluminum which does not tarnish or stain. It keeps its silvery luster indefinitely. Kensington laughs at time.”American Home, May, 1937Kensington also laughed all the way to the bank. Upon its introduction in the early 1930s, this Alcoa line of brushed-aluminum housewares was an immediate hit. The reasons were simple. Kensington was attractive. It was durable. And, most importantly for Depression-era buyers, it was affordable. From console sets to barware, vases to serving trays, Kensington allowed 1930s householders to entertain stylishly, on a minimal budget. With silver services running into the hundreds of dollars, frugal homemakers instead opted to stuff their sideboards with silvery, inexpensive Kensington.