Coming to the Legion of Honor museum, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Fransisco is what promises to be quite an impressive collection of Cartier's work. It focuses on work from the early 1920s through the 1970s, with many pieces coming from their collection, housed in Geneva.
The following pictures are mostly from 7x7 Blog:
The above necklace pictured on it's first owner, Liz Taylor. It was a gift from her husband, in 1958, Mike Todd (photo copyright Photofest)
A platinum necklace set with round and rose cut diamonds and centers on a 143.23 Ct polished emerald. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
A Crocodile necklace from the 1970s. It is gold, set with 1,023 brilliant-cut fancy intense yellow diamonds weighing 60.02 carats in total, two navette-shaped emerald cabochons, 1,060 emeralds weighing 66.86 carats in total, and two ruby cabochons. The necklace was owned by the famous Mexican Actress La Doña Maria Félix. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
The necklace can be separated into 2 large crocodilian broaches
(Photo from flickr)
And here is the necklace in situ
( Photo by Lord Snowdon. Courtesy of Vogue US)
A platinum, 18-carat and 20-carat gold bib-shaped necklace from 1947. It is set with a heart-shaped faceted amethyst, twenty-seven emerald-cut amethysts, an oval faceted amethyst, turquoise cabochons and baguette-cut diamonds. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
And a preliminary sketch of the above bib necklace, also from the Cartier Collection
There are several more pieces that will be coming soon.
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The following pictures are mostly from 7x7 Blog:
1949 Cartier broach in the form of a panther claspin a star sapphire. (Photo courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Fransisco)
1951 Cartier ruby and diamond necklace (photo by John Bigelow Taylor)
1951 Cartier ruby and diamond necklace (photo by John Bigelow Taylor)
The above necklace pictured on it's first owner, Liz Taylor. It was a gift from her husband, in 1958, Mike Todd (photo copyright Photofest)
A platinum necklace set with round and rose cut diamonds and centers on a 143.23 Ct polished emerald. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
A Crocodile necklace from the 1970s. It is gold, set with 1,023 brilliant-cut fancy intense yellow diamonds weighing 60.02 carats in total, two navette-shaped emerald cabochons, 1,060 emeralds weighing 66.86 carats in total, and two ruby cabochons. The necklace was owned by the famous Mexican Actress La Doña Maria Félix. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
The necklace can be separated into 2 large crocodilian broaches
(Photo from flickr)
And here is the necklace in situ
( Photo by Lord Snowdon. Courtesy of Vogue US)
A platinum, 18-carat and 20-carat gold bib-shaped necklace from 1947. It is set with a heart-shaped faceted amethyst, twenty-seven emerald-cut amethysts, an oval faceted amethyst, turquoise cabochons and baguette-cut diamonds. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
And a preliminary sketch of the above bib necklace, also from the Cartier Collection
There are several more pieces that will be coming soon.
A
