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Cartier and
Indian Jewelry
Beautiful girls in silk robes,
with the jewelry colliers around the neck, heavy rings with
many carats on the fingers and bracelets on the arms.
Cartier showed a collection called Inde Mystérieuse and is a
showcase of a long history of Indo-European vice-versa
jewelry fascination.
In 1913 Cartier focused his eye
on India and translated the pictures he has seen into his
own world. At that time it was a jewelry exhibition at
Cartier in New York inspired by Indian art. It referred to
the formal language of the Moghul era, of the 16th to the
18th Century, during which the wealth was unfolded by
unprecedented jewelry made from Jade, ruby beads, engraved
emeralds, diamonds from unique quality and size that you had
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Shiva and Parvati
Cartier’s jewelry creations in
the decades following had a strong influence by Indian
mythology. One famous picture from Cartier was were he held
a emerald engraved with Shiva and Parvati sitting in front
of a tiger skin. After this emerald was the centerpiece of a
great piece of jewelry, a necklace. Also, there was some
orientation to the jewelry art of the Indian stone engraver
who brought the precious stones into different forms as
their European counterparts. While in Europe except
cabochon, baguette and a few other cut’s not much of
creative art was available, the Indian colleagues engraved
stones with fragile ornaments and ribs in their polished
surfaces.
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But the fascination of jewelry also returned in the
opposite direction. Maharajas (or rather someone from
the court) knocked on the door of Cartier in Paris, Rue de
la Paix or London’s New Bond Street, to have the family
jewels modified with a modern chic.
The Maharajah of Patiala, a prince from the Punjab ordered a
set of necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry, which were on |
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exhibition in 1928 in the shop
windows in the Rue de la Paix. It seems what Cartier learned
from India, was courage to experiment, to the asymmetry
and simply to play with the jewelry material. As for the
Indian customer, where the jewelry literally was put into
their the cradle, wanted from Cartier? It might have been,
clarity, reduction and western flair.
For the collection "Inde
Mystérieuse" Cartier remained rather on a low creative
burner for Indian taste, for European taste it was a
outburst of creativity. A jewelry collier made from pearls
of beryl plus an eye-catcher made from a huge rubelit
crystal surrounded by diamonds was shown and highly praised.
Or another collier, in the shape of a yellow tiger with
emerald eyes clings to the neck. |
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The fact that woman’s best
friends are diamonds and jewelry was not invented by Marilyn
Monroe, but rooted in the Indian codices for marriage,
wealth distribution and the position of women in marriage.
Because of the property freely available in the case of the
loss of her husband is a assurance to her. It may only keep
a certain amount of money (the other goes to the husband),
but they can possess jewelry on a unlimited scale.
Thailand's Chanthaburi
the trading place in Asia for precious and semi precious
stones.
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