But for jewelry experts the key to the high bid is this phrase in the catalog: “Cartier, Art Deco.” That period of design, between the wars, was marked by geometric lines and the influence ...

Last December a Cartier Art Deco brooch estimated to sell for $100,000 to $150,000 went for almost $1.4 million at Christie’s New York. The piece—of natural pearl, tourmaline, ruby, onyx, and diamonds ...

jewelry, textiles and costumes from Les Ballets Russes that were a big influence on fashion. "Ask three historians to define the term Art Deco, and you'll likely get three varying answers," design ...

“Necessaire,” according to Antique Jewelry University ... I have often ogled the “necessaire” of the Art Deco period: lipstick cases by Cartier, cigarette holders by Van Cleef, a powder ...