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Summary:

"The captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon - as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Jewelry spotlights
• Cartier family tree
• Part I, The beginning (1819-1897), Father and son: Louis-François and Alfred (1819-1897)
• Part II, Divide and conquer (1898-1919), Louis (1898-1919)
• Pierre (1902-1919)
• Jacques (1906-1919)
• Part III, Never copy, only create (1920-1939), Stones, Paris: Early 1920s
• Moicartier, New York: Mid-1920s
• Precious, London: Late 1920s
• Diamonds and depression: the 1930s
• Part IV, Drifting apart (1939-1974), The world at war (1939-1944)
• Cousins in austerity (1945-1956)
• The end of an era (1957-1974).

Author/Creator:

Brickell, Francesca Cartier , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Cartiers: the untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire [by Brickell, F.C.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Cartiers [by Brickell, F.C.] (First edition; New York : Ballantine Books, [2019] — ISBN 9780525621614; OCLC Number 1127567142)

Subjects:

Cartier family

Cartier (Firm) — History

Jewelers — France — Biography

Cartier (Firm)

Jewelers

France

Genres:

Biographies

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [591]-599) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

NK7398.C37 B75 2019eb

ISBNs:

9780525621621 (electronic bk.)
0525621628 (electronic bk.)
9780525621614 [Invalid]
052562161X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1129015154