CartierThe firm of Cartier was founded in Paris in 1847 and first came to prominence in the late 1890s, when it opened a new shop on the Rue de la Paix, the heart of the haute couture district, and set up its own design and manufacturing operation. By 1909 the firm had branches in London and New York - each with its own designers and workshops - and Cartier had become the favorite jeweler of European aristocrats and their American counterparts, Indian maharajas, members of the art world, and stars of the stage and screen. Drawing on fresh research and Cartier's extraordinarily complete archives in Paris, London, and New York, author Judy Rudoe traces for the first time the history of individual jewels, identifying the clients who commissioned or purchased them and following the entire creative process from initial designs to finished pieces. Sketches and archival photographs reveal the astonishing variety of Cartier's creations, and previously unpublished original plaster casts document major pieces no longer in existence. |
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Archive photograph baguette black enamel bodycolour on buff bracelet buff tracing paper cabochon Cartier archive Cartier London Cartier New York carved emerald Chinese cigarette client clip brooches cm Cartier collection Cologni Cologni and Nussbaum coloured coral Daisy Fellowes Design Record Book Diamonds in open-back diamonds set dog's head assay eagle's head assay Egyptian faience Enamelled gold engraved Cartier Paris Entered in stock example French dog's head Harper's Bazaar head assay mark head ornament Indian jewellery jewels lacquer lapis lazuli Lausanne lipstick LITERATURE Cologni LITERATURE Nadelhoffer 1984 Louis Cartier Marjorie Merriweather Post mark for gold mark for platinum motifs necklace onyx and diamonds open-back platinum setting Paris archive Paris eagle's head Paris for stock pearls pendant pieces Pierre Cartier plaque RELATED MATERIAL Original sapphires set in platinum special order St Petersburg St Petersburg 1992 stock book Stock Design Record stones Tokyo topaz vanity watercolour and bodycolour workshop mark