Cartier Design: Living Legacy, A

This is a journey through Cartier s history and its iconic jewelry. Above all, it is an account of its style and its distinctive language. This exhibition catalog considers Cartier s design as well as its craftmanship; it reflects a vision that is contemporary without losing sight of its rich and complex past. The pieces displayed here are jewelry and design. They are art, and they are a history that endures, evolves, and remains alive. This catalog is not a nostalgic journey through the past; rather, it seeks to highlight the way in which Cartier s heritage serves as an inspiration to new generations of designers across the world, and how those repertoires take on a new spirit upon being reinvented by a new generation responsible for continuing, developing, renewing, and keeping alive the fashion house s great legacy. Five thematic units The Early Days and the Birth of a Style, Universal Curiosity, Jeanne Toussaint s Taste, Wearing Beauty and Measuring Time, and Maria Felix and Icons