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In 1830, Juppert recovered and found success - the recipe for his dream. He
named the apéritif St. Raphael Quinquina. The product was trademarked in 1890
by Adémar
‟
s son Pierre. In the early years, the archangel Raphael was shown on
the label and in 1910 the archangel design was replaced by two waiters. One
waiter was white and the other red to symbolize the two varieties of the product.
Charles Loupot went to art school in Lyon in 1913, during a period when French
poster art was in its prime. He began his career in Switzerland with fashion art
posters. By 1923 he was a success and moved to Paris. There he won the poster
contest promoted by the 1925
Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs
(where
the term Art Deco was born). In the 1930s he designed the still famous two
waiter logo for Raphael.
The two waiters are shown on both sides of this waiter
‟
s friend knife with the
advertisement
“
St. Raphael Quinquina.
”
