Monday, December 21, 2009

100th Anniversary of Cartier's first boutique in America!



cartier panther clip brooch 1949

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, Cartier in the twentieth century kept some fabulous company. Pieces owned by the likes of Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, and Gloria Swanson go on view starting this Saturday in a dazzling new show at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the French jeweler’s first American boutique, which opened on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in 1909.
—Kimberly Straub For Vogue


Elizabeth Taylor wearing the Cartier ruby necklace 1951, in 1958



Gloria swason, wearing cartier bracelets circa 1930



Cartier Tiger Clip brooch 1957




cartier tutti frutti necklace



Photoes by Edward Owen

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