Patch, L’Ecole Des Trois Gourmandes
date: label: date made
content: ca 1952
name: label: designer
content: Child, Paul
notes: label: Description
content: Julia Child and her French cookbook collaborators, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, started an informal cooking school in Paris in 1952. Called L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes (The School of the Three Hearty Eaters), the school was held in Julia's kitchen, where the three women, who really thought of themselves as home cooks, taught American students how to cook and appreciate French food. Julia’s husband, Paul Child, designed the logo for the cooking school, which the friends proudly wore on their aprons. Julia’s role in the school diminished when the Childs moved to Marseilles in 1953. Years later, Julia pinned the patch to her blouse for cooking demonstrations and during her first television series, <i>The French Chef</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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content: Home and Community Life: Occupations
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Julia Child
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0253.0031
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0253.0031
label: accession number
content: 2001.0253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (embroidery material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 3.5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 1 3/8 in