The potholder was purchased at Dean and Delucca's years ago before it went out of business. Dean and Delucca was a brand that played a critical role in New York’s food scene for decades. Dean & DeLuca opened in Soho in 1977 and was long one of the only places in the city to get gourmet products. It put many small, independent food companies on the map and remained a destination for high quality packaged goods for most of its tenure. The company eventually expanded to locations around the world, and an outpost in the Bangkok airport still bears its name. The potholder is used but still quite serviceable.