French jeweller Pierre Cartier defeated some of New York’s most powerful real estate families by using a double-strand pearl ...
It was the early 1900s, and New York City was in transition. Automobiles were taking over the streets, but horse-drawn carriages were still everywhere. Private mansions lined the heart of Fifth Avenue ...
Louis-François Cartier (1819-1904) takes over the jewelry workshop of his apprenticeship master, Adolphe Picard, at 29 Rue Montorgueil, Paris. Pierre Cartier (1878-1964), Alfred’s second son, opens a ...