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Title The Cartiers : the untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire / Francesca Cartier Brickell.
Author Brickell, Francesca Cartier, author.
Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  739.27 BRI    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  739.27 BRI    Check Shelves
 South Trail  739.27 BRI    Check Shelves
 Southeast  739.27 BRI    Check Shelves
 Southwest  739.27 BRI    Checked Out
Edition First edition.
Description xxiv, 625 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-599) and index.
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.
Contents 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).
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Subject Cartier family.
Cartier (Firm) -- History.
Jewelers -- France -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9780525621614 (hardcover) : $35.00
052562161X (hardcover) : $35.00
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