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In London, United Kingdom, a spellbinding exhibition of Cartier jewels, many never seen before in public, is opening in London tracing the history of the luxury French design house beloved by the rich and famous, from Queen Elizabeth II to Rihanna. DAZZLING CARTIER
OR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE decades, the V&A museum is showing a retrospective of some of Cartier’s most iconic creations. Founded in Paris almost 180 years ago, the company has pioneered and modernised the luxury jewellery market. “We all think of Cartier as being this wonderful design epic and glamorous name, but it’s also because they are so good at creating something that is ahead of the times, but doesn’t go out of fashion,” said curator Helen Molesworth. The exhibition opens on Saturday and is already sold out for April and May F
coronation. It contains a 23-carat pink diamond — one of the rarest and most flawless in the world — presented to the queen as a wedding gift from Canada. Nearby is a tiara from 1902 set with 1,048 diamonds, worn to the queen’s coronation by Clementine Churchill, the wife of then Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It was lent to singer Rihanna when she was photographed for the cover of W magazine in 2016. There is also a sumptuous square-shaped diamond engagement ring, one of two offered to U.S. actress Grace Kelly by Monaco’s Prince Rainier; and a
— but visitors have until November 16 to marvel at some 350 brooches, tiaras, necklaces, and earrings festooned with diamonds, pearls, and stunning jewels of all the colours of the rainbow. The exhibition’s curators have brought together rare pieces from museums around the world, including from private collections such as items belonging to King Charles III and Monaco’s Prince Albert. One of the masterpieces on display is the breathtaking Williamson pink diamond rose brooch, made for Queen Elizabeth in 1953, the year of her
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