Francesca Cartier Brickell
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Fondée en 1847, la maison Cartier est à l'origine une humble bijouterie artisanale. Au tournant du XXe siècle, les trois petits-fils du fondateur reprennent l'entreprise avec pour devise : « Ne jamais copier, toujours créer. » Leur rêve : conquérir le monde grâce à leurs talents complémentaires. Louis, l'aîné, créateur de génie et esprit rebelle, reprend la boutique du 13, rue de la Paix à Paris. Pierre, le cadet, a le sens du commerce et est entrepreneur dans l'âme : il s'installe sur la Ve Avenue à New York. Jacques, le benjamin, le globe-trotter de la fratrie, prend ses quartiers à Londres, au plus près de la cour de l'Empire britannique. Ses connaissances en gemmologie permettent d'accéder aux meilleurs rubis, émeraudes et saphirs du monde.
Ensemble, les trois frères donnent naissance au « style Cartier » : un subtil mélange de classique et de moderne, une fabrication hors pair, une élégance intemporelle et une légèreté toute parisienne. Francesca Cartier Brickell a parcouru le monde entier à la recherche de l'histoire de sa famille, ses drames, ses passions, ses intrigues et ses trahisons.
Cette saga riche d'archives inédites nous plonge dans l'histoire des bijoux les plus emblématiques et de celles et ceux qui les ont portés. Un livre déjà best-seller en langue anglaise. -
THE CARTIERS - THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE FAMILY BEHIND THE JEWELRY EMPIRE
Francesca Cartier Brickell
- Ballantine books inc.
- 8 Juin 2021
- 9780525621638
B>b>A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.--The Economist/b>br>br>The captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfathers humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archivesbr>br>b>Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.--The Wall Street Journal/b>br>/b>br> The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty--four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was Never copy, only create and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first mens wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the worlds best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti Frutti jewelry.br>br> Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the brothers, has traveled the world researching her familys history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. br>br>The Cartiers also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firms most iconic jewelry--the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces--and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian maharajas and Russian grand duchesses to Wallis Simpson, Coco Chanel, and Elizabeth Taylor. br>br>Published in the two-hundredth anniversary year of the birth of the dynastys founder, Louis-François Cartier, this book is a magnificent, definitive, epic social history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.
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THE CARTIERS - THE UNTOLD STORY OF A JEWELRY DYNASTY
Francesca Cartier Brickell
- Ballantine books inc.
- 29 Octobre 2019
- 9780525621614
The fascinating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a descendant with exclusive access to long-lost family archives. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the Cartier brothers, gave up a career in finance to travel the world in her search for details about her family history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. This is the captivating tale of four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1960s. At its heart are the three brothers who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents. There was Louis Cartier, the visionary designer who created the first men's wrist watch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off his flying machine's steering wheel; Pierre Cartier, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques Cartier, the globe-trotting gemstone-expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world's best rubies, emeralds and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated "tutti frutti" jewelry. The Cartiers also reveals behind-the-scenes history of the firm's most iconic jewelry--the Romanov emeralds, the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the classic Panther pieces--and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian Maharajas and Russian Grand Duchesses to Coco Chanel, Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth Taylor. Drawn from the private memoirs of the author's grandfather, Jean-Jacques Cartier, and featuring color and black-and-white photographs throughout, The Cartiers is a magnificent, epic social history through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.
