In the early 20th century, the creations were photographed but also sometimes cast in plaster. These casts were made from finished jewels, providing a unique, three-dimensional record of Cartier designs. Conserved in Paris at the Rue de la Paix premises, the casts look like raw jewellery stripped of its precious gems – an almost archaeological vestige of certain jewels that no longer exist, because lost or later disassembled.
Courtesy of Cartier Archives
● Type: Cast
● Dimensions: 5.4 H x 5.1 W x 1.4 D cm
● Material: Plaster
● Date: 1907
Bracelet Watch, 2018
Bracelet, 1925
Brooch, 1907
Brooch, 1907
Design Drawing for a Bonzai Charm, 1925
Design Drawing for a Vanity Case, 1927
Inro with Four Compartments, c. 1890
Inro with Two Compartments, c. 1890
Masters at work: Glyptics
Pair of Clip Brooches, 1936
Photograph From Louis Cartier’s Collection, 1936
Plaster Cast of a Brooch, 1910
Plaster Cast of a Brooch, 1911
Plaster Cast of a Pendant, 1911
Ring, 2013
Sculpted Lily of the Valley, circa 1908
Sculpted Tree, 1925
Vanity Case, 1930
Germany Raute Kristina Rothe Papermaker
Japan Kenji Suda, from The Ateliers of Wonders series Rinko Kawauchi, Kenji Suda Woodworker
Italy Venezia: Porta D’oriente Diego Percossi Papi Jewellery maker
United Kingdom Artisan at work: Creating wildflower sculptures from wax Annette Marie Townsend Wax worker