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A Cartier Tutti Frutti dream bracelet.

A Cartier Tutti Frutti dream bracelet.

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A Cartier Tutti Frutti dream bracelet.

The lusciously textured, color-rich beauty of Cartier Tutti Frutti is one of my very favorite jewelry motifs of all time. Sotheby’s recently sold a truly stunning example of this style and I can’t wait to take a nice, close look at it.

This is going to be a really old school #DITLClassic kind of post: we’re going to take a deep dive into one auction listing, just like in the good old days.

Hello, you Tutti Frutti beauty.

This magnificent bracelet is by Cartier, made in 1930 (a truly superlative year for jewelry). It’s a superlative example of the luscious Tutti Frutti style, pioneered by Cartier itself during the Art Deco era. 

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