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Lot Essay
Cf. The Cartier Collection - Timepieces, Paris, Editions Flammarion, 2006, p. 76 for a clock of similar design
Cf. J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier, Milan, Edition Publi Prom, 1992, p.40 for a similar clock
Cf. H. Nadelhoffer, Cartier, Paris, Éditions du Regard, 1984, p.20 for a similar clock
BELLE ÉPOQUE
The Belle Époque is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity and technological, scientific and cultural innovations. The Belle Époque was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a golden age, in contrast to the events of World War I.
Cf. J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier, Milan, Edition Publi Prom, 1992, p.40 for a similar clock
Cf. H. Nadelhoffer, Cartier, Paris, Éditions du Regard, 1984, p.20 for a similar clock
BELLE ÉPOQUE
The Belle Époque is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity and technological, scientific and cultural innovations. The Belle Époque was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a golden age, in contrast to the events of World War I.