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my precious; Having traveled to the world's great museums for more than twelve years, Cartier's serotonin-boosting jewelry exhibit lands in Texas.
Byline: Mimi Swartz
For two decades, Cartier has been buying back masterworks from the estates of women like Gloria Swanson and Daisy Fellowes, as well as various Vanderbilts and maharanis. Now the rest of us can feast our eyes on these treasures: Through March 27, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, hosts "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass," a show that combines the brilliant sensibilities of the world's most storied jeweler with those of one of the most globally influential design gurus of the late twentieth century.
Here are Cartier's emerald-eyed, diamond-striped tiger earrings that once belonged to Barbara Hutton. Here are Art Deco indulgences commissioned by those doyennes who just couldn't do without a ruby-studded cigarette case.
It took Sottsass, the 87-year-old Italian architect and industrial designer, to elevate the show to something more ...
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- Magazine article from: WWD Chabbott, Sophia May 21, 2007 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: WWD Casabona, Liza August 8, 2006 700+ words
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