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
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