Object/Work Type
Exhibition Kiosks

Title Text
Moët & Chandon Kiosk

Creation Date
1910-1911

Descriptive Note Text

Moët & Chandon is a French fine winery and one of the world's largest champagne producers.  Moët et Chandon was established in 1743 by Claude Moët. One of its most famous articles is Dom Pérignon, a brand of champagne named after Dom Pierre Pérignon, a Benedictine monk remembered in popular lore as the "Father of Champagne."

This kiosk, located in the gardens of the French section, reproduced part of Hautvillers Abbey, the benedectine monastery  where Dom Pérignon contributed to the development of Champagne. A statue of Dom Pérignon was erected in front of the kiosk, which was built to resemble a brick cloister with a colonnaded portico and a stylized campanile. At the far end of the interior gallery, a series of dioramas showed the processes that transformed the grapes into champagne.

It was listed as number 13 in the Plan Officiel de la Section Française.

Code in the 1911 Map
104 SIM a (13 French Map)