The Aga cooker
The large cast-iron stove that stores heat and is always warm.
Gustaf Dalén designed the Aga cooker when, blind after an accident, he wanted to make his wife’s life easier in the kitchen. The cooker is a mass of cast iron kept warm day and night and gives steady heat to the roasting and baking ovens.
The name Aga comes from the company’s name, Svenska Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator. The cooker became popular in British homes and is still made.
Materials: Cast iron, enamelled sheet
Manufacture: Designed by Gustaf Dalén in 1922 and made by AB Gasaccumulator in Sweden, later in England.
The insulated lids over the hotplates.
The large doors of the ovens.
The handles and front of enamelled iron.