Cartier in the 20th Century

Created with the full co-operation of Cartier, this exquisite book showcases the rich holdings of the Cartier Collection and archive. It features not only a sumptuous array of rings, bracelets, necklaces, and tiaras, but also cocktail and smoking accessories, mystery clocks and lavish objects created by Cartiers ateliers in Paris, London and New York. Organized thematically, the book features magnificent jewels and accessories owned by such arbiters of taste as Daisy Fellowes, the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Grace, Barbara Hutton and Elizabeth Taylor. Throughout, specially commissioned photographs of Cartiers legendary jewels are accompanied by vintage photographs drawn from the Condé Nast and Cartier archives of these royals, socialites and Hollywood stars in their Cartier finery, including work by Steichen, Horst, Beaton and Charbonneau.

Table of Contents


Foreword Christoph Heinrich 
Acknowledgements Christoph Heinrich 
Introduction Pierre Rainero 


Aristocracy and Aspiration
Margaret Young-Sánchez


Art Deco: New Outlook
Yvonne Markowitz



Art Deco: Foreign Fascination
Yvonne Markowitz


Age of Glamour
Janet Zapata



Masculine View
Michael Hall


Art of Smoking
Margaret Young-Sánchez


Icons of Style
Stefano Papi