The Cartiers : the untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire

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.

Item details

ISBN: 052562161X
ISBN: 9780525621614
ISBN: 9780593158098
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-599) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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).