In 1914, a Cartier Watch is first rendered on the Cheetah pattern. Onyx anddiamond concentration the beauty of nature, black and white staggeredarrangement creating pattern jewelry precedent suggests advocating contrastArt Deco trend coming. The same year, Louis Cartier commissioned France inserted.
Paris, peace Street, 13th, 1949. Bright 152.35 Carat cabochon Sapphire isalmost as big as ping-pong, proud to stand on the Sapphire is a diamondCheetah, decorated with cabochon sapphires spots on the fur. Customizing thetreasures of mystery shoppers and her husband watched with admiration asjewelry, Cartier fine jewelry Director Fiona • Toussaint standing opposite them, admired his masterpiece, Fiona • Toussaint infusesthis Leopard full of vitality. The enchanted jewelry Lady, was the Duchessof Windsor (the Duchess of Windsor)–1936 season United Kingdom throne Mslegend of a turbulent storm. The Duchess of Windsor‘s response, is undoubtedly the best recognition of the art treasures.
Almost at the same time a year ago, the two women met for the first timediscuss the idea of cheetahs. When the Duchess of Windsor just bought a116.75–Carat rectangular Emerald. Fiona • Toussaint for the Emerald broochwas designed: a Cheetah sits above the gem produced in gold, Leopard spotsdotted with black enamel.
The Duchess and her husband–a former United Kingdom King Edward VIII (EdwardVIII of England), and both were in love with this design. However, newchallenges arose: to design a complete mosaic rare gems of a Cheetah, themosaic pattern and process must be specific to cats soft muscles and posturevividly rendered. This work will provide Cartier and Cheetah profound originenter into a historical monument.
Cartier and Cheetah‘s origins began in 1914, Louis Cartier commissionedIllustrator qiaozhi·babiye design in “the Lady and the Cheetah“ as the themeof the invitation card. Qiaozhi·babiye from the good grace of the latestyle, depicts a young woman wearing Paul · Borui design pleated long skirt,and a Cheetah fell at her feet.
The same year, the black and white Leopard Totem becomes one of Cartier‘sdecorative elements, appears in the 1914 and 1915 on the design of twowomen’s watches. Two years later, had close contacts with, Louis CartierFiona • du sang, first bought a Cheetah pattern vanity set with precious stones. Cheetahs at that time rendered in vivid patterns, but only ingraphic patterns, almost 30 years later, the Cheetah was able to completestereo popping up in front of the world.
Fiona • Toussaint and luyi·kadiya to get to know in the beginning of thefirst world war, in 1933, she entered the Cartier, was appointed Director offine jewelry, these two points in time, Cartier cheetahs after the key to the creative process. Fiona • birthright of Toussaint‘s imagination, freeand independent character, and where their friends and relatives nicknameher “Leopard Lady“. On the floor in her Paris apartment, decorated withmagnificent Leopard skin rug show hostess for this precious fur love.Although Fiona Toussaint full of design of extraordinary love of jewelrydesign, as well as the Duchess of Windsor for wearing such a powerful desirefor unique treasures, but if there is no artist and designer bide·lemashang(Peter Lemarchand) contribution to this art and life of the Cheetah is notenough to be implemented in 1949. Peter · Lemashang since 1927 worked forCartier. During the years after the second world war, Mr lemashang reform ofanimal jewelry design, he completely rejected the formality of thetraditional design concepts, using the streamlined design of the Art Decoera, give the cheetahs three–State. His unique drawing of nature, exquisiteinlaid jewelry artisan and craftsman molding to achieve flat descriptioninto a three dimensional form.
In 1952, the Duchess of Windsor and the new business to Onyx and diamondCheetah jewelry. This time, Cartier‘s talented designers will design into anew area, the Cheetah was designed as an activity bracelet, which usuallylie in the jewelry box, and when I am wearing it, showing incrediblesoftness, vivid, jumping in the Duchess‘s wrist. Since then, the flexiblerepresentation of Cheetah animal, became one of the Cartier symbol of thehigh degree of recognition. Sometimes ferocious, sometimes arrogant,sometimes fascinating Cheetah, transcending time and changing fashiontrends, her transformation along with the transition and mood of the times,reflecting the contemporary spirit. Today, it remains one of the respectedCartier representative Totem.
