Placard, Mystère
Object Details
- Description
- Julia Child occasionally used French bistro signs as props on the early episodes of The French Chef television series, which first aired in 1963. This sign, in red and black lettering, advertises a “Mystery,” perhaps an acknowledgment that many Americans found French cuisine mysterious and strange. Julia’s introduction of unfamiliar cuisine through humor and a sense of adventure brought the message home to viewers in an accessible and memorable way.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Julia Child
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2001.0253.0740
- catalog number
- 2001.0253.0740
- accession number
- 2001.0253
- Object Name
- placard
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 in x 2 in; 60.96 cm x 5.08 cm
- 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
- Record ID
- nmah_1005361
