Bachet, Olivier: In the Beginning Was the Line Cartier Art Deco Drawings 1910-1930. Paris: 2024. 372 pages, fully illustrated in colour and black and white. Hardback. 33 x 25cms. A detailed study of Cartier's Art Deco period, focusing on house designers like Charles Jacqueau, Peter Lemarchand and Maurice Rauline, their sources and techniques. Drawing on previously unpublished archival material, numerous jewelry designs are presented alongside brooches, rings, tiaras, necklaces and earrings from private and public collections. Highlighting the Chinese, Coptic, African and Islamic elements adapted by the Maison on the rue de la Paix, the catalogue also considers Cartier's role in the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts dÃcoratifs et industriels modernes, which gave its name to the Art Deco style. Including an illustrated list of maker's marks and a bibliography.
A detailed study of Cartier's Art Deco period, focusing on house designers like Charles Jacqueau, Peter Lemarchand and Maurice Rauline, their sources and techniques. Drawing on previously unpublished archival material, numerous jewelry designs are presented alongside brooches, rings, tiaras, necklaces and earrings from private and public collections. Highlighting the Chinese, Coptic, African and Islamic elements adapted by the Maison on the rue de la Paix, the catalogue also considers Cartier's role in the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts dÃcoratifs et industriels modernes, which gave its name to the Art Deco style. Including an illustrated list of maker's marks and a bibliography. Text in English
Bachet, Olivier, and Alain Cartier: Cartier. Exceptional Objects. 2 volumes. 2019. 966 pages, over 1000 entries illustrated in colour. Hardback in a slipcase. 35 x 26cms. This is a limited edition of 500 copies that brings together over 1 000 rare objects created by Cartier between 1875 and 1965, most of which are in private collections, here published for the first time and illustrated life size.Volume one traces Cartier's history from its origins to the 1960s, beginning with the period of Fabergà influence through to the iconic 1920s art deco style and the exotic inspired by Chinese art and the maharajas of India.This chronology is complemented by a second volume on the relationship between the Cartier brothers and their collaborators, with a focus on the manufacturing process. In particular, it features more than 80 marks of master goldsmiths, a list of suppliers and original design drawings from both the Cartier Collection in Geneva and the authors' personal collections.
This is a limited edition of 500 copies that brings together over 1 000 rare objects created by Cartier between 1875 and 1965, most of which are in private collections, here published for the first time and illustrated life size.Volume one traces Cartier's history from its origins to the 1960s, beginning with the period of Fabergà influence through to the iconic 1920s art deco style and the exotic inspired by Chinese art and the maharajas of India.This chronology is complemented by a second volume on the relationship between the Cartier brothers and their collaborators, with a focus on the manufacturing process. In particular, it features more than 80 marks of master goldsmiths, a list of suppliers and original design drawings from both the Cartier Collection in Geneva and the authors' personal collections. Text in English
Paris Flohic Editions 1999. 2 volumes grand in-8 totalisant 971pp imprimées sur 3 colonnes. Cartonnage éditeur de papier glacé bleu bradel, 1er plat illustré. Abondante et belle illustration dans le texte: plans, documents, affiches, vues de gares, locomotives, matériels, objets divers. Bel exemplaire frais et bien complet.
Importante étude très bien documentée et illustrée qui met en valeur ce riche patrimoine industriel, technique et social.