Grain DE CAFÉ
Cartier has created a solar collection of absolute elegance from a coffee bean. Yellow gold creations combine the glamour of the 1950s French Riviera with the radiant beauty of Grace Kelly. Inspiration drawn from the heart of Maison’s stylistic vocabulary, based on two cherished elements at Cartier: flora crafted in yellow gold and the ordinary made precious. The creations in the Grain de Café collection – rings, pendants, earrings and brooches – enhance the skin like summer heat. The coffee beans, arranged in clusters, stir with the slightest movement in a precious rustle – their sensual curves, studded with fiery diamonds set in white gold, radiate infinite delicacy. Cartier studs, a ring and a bracelet with rubellite beads in a luscious interpretation. Half-flower, half-fruit, these scattered berries studded with a gold nail or a diamond appear in an assortment of beans, engraved gold hemispheres and diamonds set in platinum. Even more radical, Cartier pulls out all the stops with a necklace of two rows of gold beads topped with coffee beans and gold-studded rubellites. The “coffee bean” motif, which first appeared at Cartier in 1938, was a huge hit in the 1950s and 1960s. Two extraordinary women contributed to its fame: Jeanne Toussaint and Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly, the actress-turned-princess with a truly charismatic aura, could not resist this inspiration. For her wedding to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, she received a Grain de Café set, which she embraced with the same ease as other Cartier creations, from the most intimate to the most prestigious. She remains the most alluring expression of this creation that links Monaco, the French Riviera and the chic opulence of the 1950s.