Pâtes alimentaires

ID(s):
1922067B0
Subject
Pâtes Lustucru In 1871, Louis Cartier-Millon purchased a workshop in Grenoble that had been producing pasta since 1824. By 1900, local demand required the creation of a new factory. At that time, pasta was sold in bulk and unbranded. To grow the business, the Cartier-Millon family decided to focus on branding and packaging. In 1910, they had to build a new factory. In 1911, following a poster competition won by the illustrator Synave, the light and dark blue checkerboard pattern was born. At the closing banquet of this competition, Jean-Louis Forain sang the nursery rhyme "C'est la mère Michel"... with Père Lustucru. This marked the birth of the brand.

Description:
A cook sitting on a giant cat shows two boxes of pasta with a big smile of satisfaction. The cat is there to remind the nursery rhyme.

Source:
Private collection
Date:
1922
Language: French
Signature:
Down to the right
Reference Devambez: 5240
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Genesis of the poster

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