Cartier Cheetah Series

Cheetah Cartier rings, onyx as leopard, leopard emeralds for eyes, brilliant-cut diamonds leopard body, 24.46 kt cut Ceylon sapphire pillow surrounded by leopard tail .
In 1914 , Louis Cartier illustrator George Barbier commissioned to design a “lady with a cheetah ” is the theme of the invitation card . He designed an elegant style from the late Belle Epoque , depicting a young woman , dressed in Paul Poiret design folds dress, a cheetah lying at her feet. Two years , close contacts with Louis Cartier in Paris, the city of fashion pioneer molecular Jeanne Toussaint, bought a leopard print dressing jeweled boxes . But this time, the cheetah is still limited to only a flat pattern design . Because of the extraordinary taste Jeanne Toussaint , in 1933 she was appointed director of Cartier fine jewelry . Her love life, cheetah , cheetah collect all the relevant things, even in her Paris apartment in the upper floor , also adorned with magnificent cheetah skin rug , relatives and friends call her ” Ms. cheetah ” , she is also the cheetah from the plane turned to the three-dimensional design , and gives cheetah series agile , mysterious, sexy soul and fine jewelry pioneer wave.
“If there a cheetah brooch …… ” more than once, so she imagined .
In 1949, she designed the Duchess of Windsor, a bright brooch , above 152.35 kt cabochon sapphire is almost as big as tennis , proudly standing on sapphire diamond is a cheetah . In 1952, the Duchess of Windsor to re- order a piece of onyx and diamond bracelet inlaid cheetah , it usually lying in the jewelry box , but when worn , it is showing incredible softness, vivid leaping Duchess wrist . Since then, sometimes violent , sometimes arrogant , sometimes charming cheetah , beyond time , become an important symbol of Cartier logo .mehr sehen fake uhren und Assioma