Copper bowl, about 1950
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940 - 1990
name: label: owner
content: Child, Julia
label: maker
content: E. Dehillerin
notes: label: Description
content: Julia Child whisked eggs for an omelet in this French copper bowl on the first test episode of The French Chef in 1963. Julia acquired it, as she did much of her copperware, from Dehillerin, a French kitchenware store in the old market at Les Halles. Julia, as The French Chef, created a run on copper bowls, omelet pans, and whisks that had not been commonly available in stores in the United States. That demand has never ceased, and has been extended to the many tools, utensils, and appliances that Julia introduced and championed, as well as to many others that have filled out the American batterie de cuisine.
label: Description
content: Copper bowls, unlike their stove-bound relatives, are unlined, and it is the somewhat scientifically demonstrated belief of chefs who use them that the interaction of air with agitation on copper produces fluffier and airier eggs than any other cooking material. With their legendary ability to conduct heat evenly, the copper pots, most tin-lined (and re-lined over and again), reflect cooking methods typical for the French food Julia taught America to appreciate. Modern copper pots are typically lined with stainless steel, and many may have a copper-over-aluminum bottom to further create an even heat.
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
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content: Julia Child's Kitchen
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0091.21
label: accession number
content: 2009.0091
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0091.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.5 cm x 27.7 cm; 5 23/32 in x 10 29/32 in
label: Measurements
content: lip on rim: 2.5 cm; 31/32 in