The Cartier Collection: Precious Objects
Price: $575.00
(as of Mar 07, 2025 13:42:33 UTC – Details)
This collectible luxury volume features the master jeweler’s most exquisite objects reproduced in color at actual size and including detailed technical specifications. Presented in a luxurious silk slipcase with ribbon closure, this tome is a tribute to the most precious objects in the Cartier Collection: from opulent gold and black enamel vanity cases set with platinum and rose-cut diamond fleurons to intricate Chinese powder compacts and diamond-encrusted platinum and onyx cuff links, these creations are works of art. This handsome volume recounts the history of the House of Cartier and its sublimation of often everyday items, illustrated with more than 550 pieces along with rare archival material.
Publisher : Flammarion; Box edition (June 12, 2012)
Language : English
Hardcover : 504 pages
ISBN-10 : 2080301608
ISBN-13 : 978-2080301604
Item Weight : 20.4 pounds
Dimensions : 16 x 4 x 21 inches
Jose F. Santiago-llorens –
What a jewel!
The last of the Cartier Collection’s books the result is a beautiful and imaginative record of objects made to entice and have that Joie de vivre that characterize the french. Lovely addition, don’t let the price fool you, i’ts pricey because is quality.