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Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass at The Museum of Fine ArtsThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Cartier design viewed by Ettore Sottsass. Cartier Design viewed by Ettore Sottsass presents for the first time a special selection of objects from The Cartier Collection, displayed in individual showcases created by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass.
Cartier, one of the world's most renowned creators of jewelry, has been making brilliantly crafted, luxurious designs since 1847. Although its main focus has been providing jewelry and accessories to their clientele, the firm has also maintained a private collection of outstanding works from the 19th and 20th centuries. Numbering 1200 objects, the collection also includes drawings and watercolors as well as other related materials. The collection is not accessible to the public, and is not in a museum environment. Many of the pieces were acquired by Cartier on the open market, and are one-of-a-kind.
In 2000, Cartier invited Ettore Sottsass, the legendary avant-garde Italian architect and designer, to curate an exhibition from the firm's private collection. Although portions of the collection had been on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Hermitage previously, this was the first time that Cartier ceded complete control of the curatorial process. Sottsass chose the 200 works for the exhibition based on
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