Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco EraThe Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection

Catherine Aga Khan (Introduction by); Pierre Rainero; Evelyne Posseme; Stephen Harrison; Sarah D. Coffin (Contribution by); Sarah Davis; Cath Princess Staff

One Christmas Eve, Prince Sanruddin Aga Khan gave to his wife a magnificent jeweled box made by Cartier in the 1930s. So began the making of perhaps the most remarkable jewelry collection of a remarkable era for jewelry - and for French jewelry in particular. In the 1920s and 1930s, smoky night clubs, c...