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Now, the Dallas Museum of Art is exploring this history in its latest exhibition, Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity. The exhibit was organised by the DMA and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, in collaboration with the Louvre and with the support of Cartier.For more than a century, Islamic art and architecture have inspired world-renowned jeweller Cartier's designs for some of its most dazzling and opulent pieces. “You never know what will inspire people … and the great thing about the show that excites me is the power and importance museums play in culture,” Ms Schleuning said. The museum offers an array of not only exquisite jewellery, but immaculately crafted vanity cases, ewers and other objects that spark inspiration. The colour combinations from these sources helped to inspire the French house of Cartier’s “Tutti Frutti” style, which also incorporates sapphires and rubies to create luxurious pieces. Photo: Cartier CollectionĪnd Louis Cartier’s youngest brother, Jacques, incorporated carved emeralds and other gemstones from his travels to India and Bahrain into his work. This Cartier vanity case is made with gold, platinum, parquetry of mother-of-pearl and turquoise, emeralds, pearls, diamonds, and black and cream enamel. “There was a tremendous interest in seeing and studying in a scientific way and starting to think about them really as innovative works of art,” Ms Schleuning said. Louis Cartier’s collection of Persian and Indian works had also inspired his designers, who would go on to create the Art Deco aesthetic.

House of Cartier began implementing Islamic art and architecture and other influence to continue the “Garland Style” that made its way inside royal courts across the globe. Louis J Cartier, a collector of Islamic art, was inspired by exhibitions that he attended in Paris and Germany in the early 20th century. “It’s been fascinating to see how many ways the same sort of basic ideas or motif can be reinterpreted and in new and interesting ways,” Ms Schleuning said. The woman turning Jordan’s plastic waste into eye-catching art Remembering Madiha Umar: Iraqi artist who pioneered calligraphy in modern Arab art That piece went on to inspire Maison Cartier to craft a gold and platinum bib necklace featuring an intricate arrangement of diamonds, 27 emerald-cult amethysts, turquoise and other jewels in a pattern similar to Aurangzeb’s seal.