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Author	Brickell, Francesca Cartier.
Title	The Cartiers : the untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire / Francesca Cartier Brickell.
Publication Info.	New York : Ballantine Books, [2019]
	©2019

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 1	920 C327 B	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	xxiv, 625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-599) and index.
Contents	Jewelry spotlights -- Cartier family tree -- Part I: The beginning (1819-1897). Father and son: Louis-François and Alfred (1819-1897) -- Part II: Divide and conquer (1898-1919). Louis (1898-1919) ; Pierre (1902-1919) ; Jacques (1906-1919) -- Part III: Never copy, only create (1920-1939). Stones : Paris: early 1920s ; Moicartier : New York: mid-1920s ; Precious : London: late 1920s ; Diamonds and depression: the 1930s -- Part IV. Drifting apart (1939-1974). The world at war (1939-1944) ; Cousins in austerity (1945-1956) ; The end of an era (1957-1974).
Subject	Cartier family.
	Cartier (Firm) -- History.
	Jewelers -- France -- Biography.
Added Title	Untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire
ISBN	052562161X (hardcover)
	9780525621614 (hardcover)
	9780593158098 (international edition)

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