The 151-year history of
the House of Cartier is
explored in a one-hour
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airs Sanurday.

Cartier: Jewellers ia the

Kana airs Dee. 19 at 7 p.m. on
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The Canadian-made docu:
mentary chronicles the evolu-
tien of the House of Cartier
trom. Paris jeweller te) world:
renowned purvever af luvury
goods.

Cartier’s is a story of tradi-
tion and innovation marked by
many firsts in the jewelry trade
— the first designs in platinum,
the first wristwatch, the first

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surprising finks te political and
socnl history ofthe dav.

Didh vou knew. tor ovample
thar when Charles de Gaulle
made his famous radio speech
in 1940 calling tor his country:
men to resist the Navi occupa
tion, he didi se frony Cartier’s
office, which became his head
quarters in London.

Or that the
Cartier’s designs at the 1925
Paris Exposition des Arts
Decorauts ct Industriel helped
define the style that was to
become known as Art Deco,

Or that Cartier’s bold

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wtank” watch design, created in
LYES as a unbure te the US
Corps ter celebrate the Ailted
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Renault tink.

Famous fae.s whe have
clamoured for the yeweller’s
attention are as varied as Jackie
Kennedy Onassis, Elizabert
Tavtor and Eiton John.

Inotura. maw of the jew
cler’s most successtul designs
were inspired by their celebrity
wearers,

Louis Cartier created the
“rolling” ring (a design of three
incerteining bonds? mn 1924 tor
his friend. the artist, film dirce-
tor and poet Joan Cocteau.

In 1904, the jeweller tash-

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FAMOUS faces have tong been attracted to Cartier’s
signature style: Jackie Onassis favoured the tank
watch, the “rolling” ring was created for Jean Cocteau,
the panther was crafted for the Duchess of Windsor.

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