The nine lives of Cartier’s creative genius

Legend has it that, while on safari in Africa with her lover and employer Louis Cartier, Jeanne Toussaint spotted a panther and immediately exclaimed: “Onyx, diamonds, emeralds – a brooch!” The Cartier range of feline jewels was born.

Toussaint (1887-1976) – herself nicknamed La Pantheré for her love of big cat pelts – was the crea…

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