Vanity Case

PARIS.- From October 21st, 2021 to February 20th, 2022, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris presents ‘Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity’, co-organized by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and the Dallas Museum of Art, with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre and the support of Cartier. This exhibition shows the influence of Islamic Art on the high jewellery Maison Cartier in its design of jewellery and precious objects from the beginning of the 20th century to the present... [Lire la suite]

Vanity case, ca. 1930, by Henri Lavabre for Cartier. Gold, enamel, diamonds, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 8 × 4.5 × 1.2 cm. French assay marks; Cartier, Paris, Londres, New York; 1006. Lent by private collection. Accession Number 13.2016.36 © Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Vanity case, 1926, by Strauss, Allard & Meyer for Van Cleef and Arpels. Amber-covered snakeskin, amethyst, lapis lazuli, rubies, jadeite, diamonds, enamel, hardstone, gold, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 9.5 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm. Stamped "Van Cleef & Arpels"; 27830. Lent by private collection. Accession Number 13.2016.18 © Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Vanity case 'Cypress Tree', 1928, by Alfred Langlois for Van Cleef and Arpels, gold, cream, black, and turquoise enamel, baguette diamonds, onyx, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 8.7 × 5 × 1.1 cm.French assay marks; English importation marks; Van Cleef & Arpels;30683; maker's mark for Alfred Langlois. Lent by private collection. Accession Number 13.2016.52 © Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Vanity Case, ca. 1925, red and black lacquer, black and green enamel, diamonds, gold, platinum. L x W x D: 6 × 4.6 × 1.4 cm. Lent by Private Collection. Accession Number 13.2016.19 © Cooper Hewitt Museum

Cartier, Vanity case, ca. 1927, carved hardstone, carved nephrite, platinum-mounted diamonds,enamel, gold, carved jade, buff-top sapphires, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 8.3 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm. French assay marks 0476. Signed Cartier Paris Londres New York, 0476. Inscribed "Mrs. Leith, 14A Manchester Square, W.". Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Cartier, Vanity case 'Pekingese', ca. 1929, carved jadeite, enamel, diamonds, mother-of-pearl, coral, mirroed plate glass, gold, platinum. L x W x D: 9.2 × 6.1 × 2.1 cm. French assay marks; Cartier, Paris, Londres, New York; Made in France; 01026. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Cartier, Vanity case, Fox, ca. 1928, jadeite, carved coral, gold, mother-of-pearl, diamonds, mirrored plate glass, platinum. L x W x D: 4.8 × 4.3 × 1.3 cm. French assay marks. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Vanity case, Zen, ca. 1925, enamel, hardstone, mother-of-pearl, round and other diamonds, gold, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 9.5 × 5.3 × 1.2 cm. French assay marks; R Linzeler Marchak; 1542; 3961; maker's mark for Strauss, Allard & Meyer; mosaic signed "M" for Vladimir Makovsky. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Vladimir Makovsky for Black, Starr and Frost Co., New York. Vanity case, Landscape, ca. 1929, mother-of-pearl, rose-cut diamonds, square-cut rubies, enamel, 18-karat gold, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 7.4 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm. English importation marks. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt