{"product_id":"cartier-panthere","title":"Cartier Panthère","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilently stalking its way through Cartier iconography for a century, the panther is the proud leader of the pack of precious animals that make up the famous Cartier menagerie. No other creature or jewel is quite so indissolubly and emotively connected to outstanding 20th-century women of style, to ideals of modern femininity, and has become Cartier’s most iconic motif for a century. A symbol of power, seduction, and triumph since ancient times, the image of the panther never fails to arouse fantasies and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing texts by art historian Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter, jewelry historian Vivienne Becker, jewelry expert Joanna Hardy, and fashion editor André Leon Talley, \u003cem\u003eCartier Panthère\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the panther in art history, the evolution of Cartier panther jewels, the techniques involved in creating a Cartier panther jewel, the influence of the panther in fashion, design, and popular culture, and includes a chronology of 100 years of Cartier panther jewels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--*SEP*--\u003e\u003c!--*SEP*--\u003e THE PANTHER IN ART. Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter, regularly contributes to art magazines including \u003cem\u003eBeaux-Arts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eL’Œil\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eL’Objet d’art\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Journal des Arts\u003c\/em\u003e. She has published numerous books and she curated the exhibition Voyage dans ma tête, la collection de coiffes ethniques d’Antoine de Galbert, at the Maison Rouge in Paris in 2010. With Assouline she has published many books, including \u003cem\u003eEthnic Style\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), the two-volume \u003cem\u003ePrimal Arts\u003c\/em\u003e (2005–06), and most recently \u003cem\u003eVan Cleef \u0026amp; Arpel\u003c\/em\u003es (2014).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EVOLUTION OF THE CARTIER PANTHER. Vivienne Becker is a contributing editor to Financial Times’s \u003cem\u003eHow to Spend It\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, writes for newspapers and magazines around the world, and lectures and broadcasts on her subject. She organized and wrote the catalog for the first major exhibition of the jewelry of René Lalique, and curated Jewels of Fantasy, a traveling exhibition of 20th century costume jewelry. Becker’s previous books for Assouline include \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Collection of Jewelry\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), and \u003cem\u003eSevan Biçakçi\u003c\/em\u003e (2014). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CREATION OF A CARTIER PANTHER. Joanna Hardy began her career as a goldsmith before working at De Beers as a rough diamond appraiser, and at Sotheby’s in Bond Street as senior jewelry specialist and auctioneer. Hardy established the Jewellery School of Excellence program, lecturing and conducting master classes worldwide, she has published \u003cem\u003eCollect Contemporary: Jewelry and Emerald: Twenty-One Centuries of Jewelled Opulence\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePower\u003c\/em\u003e with Thames and Hudson, and is a regular contributor to The Telegraph’s \u003cem\u003eLuxury\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE PANTHER AS CULTURAL ICON. André Leon Talley is a \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e contributing editor and the magazine’s former American editor at large. In 2014 he was named artistic director of Zappos Couture, and he has been on the board of trustees of Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, since 2000. Talley has written several books, including \u003cem\u003eValentino\u003c\/em\u003e (1982); \u003cem\u003eA.L.T.: André Leon Talley\u003c\/em\u003e (2003); \u003cem\u003eLittle Black Dress\u003c\/em\u003e (2013); and \u003cem\u003eValentino: At the Emperor’s Tabl\u003c\/em\u003ee (Assouline, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Assouline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35675368063140,"sku":"9781614284284","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/5696\/5284\/products\/CARTIER_PANTHERE-A.jpg?v=1597302896","url":"https:\/\/assouline763-com.myshopify.com\/products\/cartier-panthere","provider":"assouline763.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}