Art Deco

ART DECO OBJECTS From the Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection. 

Vanity cases, powder compacts and cigarette boxes are the backdrop for refined decorative effects, executed on the miniature surfaces. To look at, these feminine accessories are veritable masterpieces of creativity, fantasy and technique. Made from gold or platinum, they are enriched with precious stones and gemstones, and covered in mother-of-pearl, enamel or lacquer. (x) 

The Myth of the East. CHINESE INFLUENCE: 

1) 1927 Cigarette Case by Cartier Paris.

2) 1928 Poppy Vanity Case by Janesich, Manufactured by Strauss, Allard and Meyer, Paris. 

3) 1930 Koi and Dragon Compact by Cartier Paris. 

4) 1927 Dragon and the Pearl Vanity Case by Cartier with mosaic by Vladimir Makovsky, Paris.

5) 1928 Mountain Landscape Vanity Case by Boucheron Paris. 

6) 1929 Vanity Case by Black, Starr and Frost Mosaic probably by Vladimir Makovsky. 

7) 1925 Panther Vanity Case by Cartier Paris.

1) 1928 The Patiala Necklace by Cartier Paris, De Beers Diamond. Made for Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala. Art Deco.

2) 1939 Yadavindra Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, Wearing the fabled Patiala Necklace. Art Deco.

3) 2009 The Patiala Necklace, A modern Maharaja, Photo by Bruce Weber. Art Deco.

1930 Cigarette case, Cartier Paris. Gold, jade, lapis lazuli, turquoise, diamonds, and enamel. 

Nils Herrmann, Cartier Collection © Cartier