Soufflé Dish

Description:

Sweet (chocolate) and savory (cheese) soufflés, made popular by James Beard and Julia Child in the 1960’s, became “company” dishes used to wow other Americans who’d never seen them unless they went to fancy French restaurants.

Inspired by customer demands to have cookware just like Julia’s, the white porcelain soufflé dish from the French company Pillivuyt was one of the first items Charles E. (Chuck) Williams brought to his customers through his stores in Sonoma, San Francisco, then his catalogues and ever expanding store empire, Williams-Sonoma. This particular soufflé dish is one of Julia’s many soufflé dishes, acquired in France but made by Pillyvuyt, just like all the others in America acquired through Williams-Sonoma and other upscale kitchenware stores.

Maker: Pillivuyt

Used: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Occupations, Food, FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000, Julia Child's Kitchen

Exhibition: Food: Transforming the American Table

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Gift of Julia Child

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2001.0253.0268Catalog Number: 2001.0253.0268Accession Number: 2001.0253

Object Name: soufflé dish

Physical Description: porcelain (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8 cm x 22.7 cm x 7.7 cm; 3 5/32 in x 8 15/16 in x 3 1/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-25eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_898504

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