CARTIER BAIGNOIRE SKELETIZED BACK W8000002 vintage Boucheron crafted in sumptuous 18k rose

crafted in sumptuous 18k rose gold

A tiara made for British society maven Margaret Greville was eventually inherited by the Queen Mother in 1942

Marie-Antoinette

The 1920s was a decade that boomed with excess

CARTIER BAIGNOIRE SKELETIZED BACK W8000002 vintage Boucheron crafted in sumptuous 18k roseThough officially released to the public in 1957, the Baignore finds its origins decades prior. In 1912, Louis Cartier himself conceived of a case based around the idea of two straight parallel lines closing into a pair of connected parentheses, with the end result resembling the look of a bathtub (or baignore in French). The finished product was gifted to Cartiers top client, Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia. Sadly, as she was one of the last members