Cartier and Islamic Art | Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Cyrille Vigneron, Pascale Lepeu , Violette Petit, Judith Henon-Reynaud

Louis Cartier (1875-1942), the grandson of Cartier founder Louis-Francois, was an impassioned collector and lover of the arts. He was particularly entranced by Islamic arts, especially Persian book arts, geometric shapes and colour combinations, and its motifs and exotic colour palette are apparent ...