| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-04-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 344 pages | | Height: | 11.3 in | | Width: | 9.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 68.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Cartier--the very name evokes jewelry of glamour, elegance, and distinction. This sumptuous volume surveys spectacular creations from the first four decades of the 20th century, when the renowned Paris-based firm expanded to London and New York. Specially taken photographs present a breathtaking array of necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and rings, as well as cigarette cases, clocks, and objets dart.Cartier: 1900-1939 focuses on a period marked by exceptional quality of design and execution. Author Judy Rudoe recounts changing styles as well as the history of individual jewels and their owners--among them, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, the Begum Aga Khan, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Elsie de Wolfe, and Gloria Swanson.Drawing on much fresh research and Cartiers extraordinarily complete archives, the book is a rich resource for collectors and connoisseurs. The superb illustrations include not only finished jewelry and fashion photographs from Vogue and Harper's Bazaar but also sketches, complete designs, and plaster casts, many of major pieces no longer in existence and many published here for the first time.Accompanying an important exhibition opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in April 1997, and traveling to the British Museum, London, in October, Cartier: 1900-1939 will thrill all who fantasize about fine jewelry.Judy Rudoe is an assistant keeper in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British Museum, and a specialist in jewelry history.
This sumptuous volume surveys spectacular creations from the first four decades of the 20th century, when the renowned Paris-based firm known as Cartier expanded to London and New York. Specially taken photographs present a breathtaking array of necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and rings, as well as cigarette cases, clocks, and "objets d'art". 450+ illustrations, 350 in color.
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