A pie safe is to keep pies, breads, and other baked goods safe from flies, and other pests, (and childrens' little hands).
Because the kitchen's source of cooking was a wood stove, they were often hot places to work. I suspect that a glassed-in pie safe would quickly create too much moisture, thus ventilation was important. The decorative tin panels do both very well.
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