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Maille is a brand of mustards, pickles, stoneware, salad dressings, kitchen gifts and oil which originated in Marseille, France in 1723. Today the company is a subsidiary of multinational consumer goods company Unilever. There are Maille boutiques in Dijon, Paris, London and New York. ==History== The Maille story began in Marseille. Distiller Antoine Maille sold his own blend of vinegar from a pump in the street to the people of his hometown when the plague of 1723 hit the South of France. It is thought that Maille’s vinegar saved many from perishing when they sprayed themselves with the antiseptic vinegar. By 1747 Maille’s products were in popular demand further afield, and its first shop opened on Rue St André des Arts in Paris. The shop sold vinegars and mustard from the pump. From this point, Antoine Maille’s products attracted the attention of monarchs all over Europe, and he was appointed Vinegar Maker and Distiller to Their Imperial Majesties of Hungary and Austria in 1760. His products then attracted the attention of King Louis XV of France in 1769, and became his dedicated supplier of vinegars and mustards. Shortly after, he was made official supplier of condiment to Empress Catherine of Russia in 1771. In 1821, Maille’s son Antoine-Claude took over the family business and in 1845 Maille opened a new boutique in Dijon’s Rue de la Liberté. The store did much to replicate Maille’s first outfit in Marseille, including the porcelain pumps used for dispensing mustard into earthenware jars for customers. In 1996, Maille opened its second boutique in Paris, on Place de la Madeleine. The Place de la Madeleine boutique still exists today, although the boutique on Rue St André des Arts (opened in 1747) no longer exists. Maille’s website and online shop opened in 2007, and its first London boutique on Piccadilly opened in 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maille (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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