The Cartier Collection: Jewelry

Product Description This lavish two-volume slipcased work is a publishing event for the quality of its design, full-size reproductions, extensive documentation, and illustrated chronology and index. With more than 3,000 pieces dating from the 1860s to the present, the Cartier Collection constitutes the worlds largest collection of its kind. This luxury work traces the history of the collections high jewelry holdings and attests to the originality and artistic genius that made Cartier a world-class jeweler. The two-volume set showcases the extraordinary pieces from collectors such as Queen Elizabeth, the Duchess of Windsor, Daisy Fellowes, Barbara Hutton, and Sir Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, highlighting Cartiers mastery of the jewelers art through highly original designs, unique colors, and legendary precious stones. More than 600 objects and drawings from Cartiers vast archives, some previously unseen, are reproduced at actual size and include Cartiers famous bestiary of exotic animals as well as more recent rare brooches, necklaces, and bracelets from the 1960s and 1970s. Review Cartier fans will undoubtedly be pleased to unwrap this two-volume collectors edition of imagery and history, detailing the rare brooches, necklaces, and bracelets that made the world-class jeweler a household name. -Brit + Co. About the Author Franois Chaille wroteCartier:Creative Writing, the three volumes ofThe Cartier Collection (Jewelry, Timepieces, andPrecious Objects), andAudemars Piguet: Master Watchmaker Since 1875.Michael Spink specializes in Islamic and Indian art, jewelry, and metalwork. He co-authoredBeyond Extravagance on Mughal jewelery. Art historian Christophe Vachaudez specializes in royal European jewelry and co-authoredRoyal Jewels: From Charlemagne to the Romanovs.Thierry CoudertwroteCaf Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists 1920-1960andBeautiful People of the Caf Society: Scrapbooks by the Baron de Cabrol, and contributed toCartier 1899-1949: The Journey of a Style.Violette Petit is head of the Cartier Paris Archives.Pascale Lepeu is curator of the Cartier Collection.Pierre Rainero is director of Cartier Heritage.