An interesting discovery from the Bloomberg Asia Edition in October 2021. The full story here. An excerpt below:
"The Louvre’s acquisition of two exquisite, ivory pen boxes in 2018 has sparked an entire exhibition on the hidden connections between the house of Cartier and the world of Islamic art.
...The two boxes, originally made for the court of Shah Abbas (1587-1629), the ruler of present-day Iran, had made their way into the collection of Louis Cartier by 1912."
A proposal for a Cartier powder box, using an architectural fragment from around 1920. Photographer: PICTO NUM. Source: Bloomberg.
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