Amazing Cartier jewelry design since 1937 Cartier Etourdissant. English Coleno, Nadine. creator Dusinberre, Deke translator. text bibliography Nonfiction. History. fr Paris New York Flammarion Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Pub. ©2009 2009 monographic eng fre print 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm Cartier's peerless designers have continued to amaze decade after decade - from the 1930s into the twenty-first century - with their fanciful and trendsetting creations. Figurative pieces comprise a significant portion of the house's collection - a veritable menagerie that includes bejeweled roosters and cobras cohabitating with tigers and angelfish. In addition to whimsical fauna and resplendent flora, Cartier crafted items of precisely mastered abstraction, from virtuoso work in gold to chromatic harmonies ranging from subtle to bold. The second half of the twentieth century was to provide an inexhaustible repertoire of forms for decorative objects and finery. Close-ups of hundreds of Cartier pieces are supplemented with archival drawings, as well as society and fashion photographs. This volume chronicles the rise of a pioneering firm and illustrates the power of constantly renewed styles based on a fine balance between imagination and know-how, creativity and experience. History -- Figurative jewelry -- Abstract jewelry -- Color. Nadine Coleno ; translated by Deke Dusinberre. Includes bibliographical references (page 250). e-fr--- Cartier (Firm) Jewelry France History 20th century Cartier (Firm) Jewelry France 1900-1999 fast NK7398.C37 C64513 2009 739.270922 9782080300980 2080300989 2010278528 Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 DLC 100416 20231211150932.0 in00002515129 eng