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The pearl: a symbol of modernity in the 1910s (Gallery)

George Barbier (1882-1932), colour lithograph from the volume Dessins sur les danses de Vaslav Nijinsky, Paris, 1913 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

George Barbier (1882-1932), "Vaslav Nijinsky as Zobéide and Ida Rubinstein as the favourite slave in Scheherazade from 1910 by Serge Diaghilev's Russian Ballet Troupe", colour lithograph from the volume Dessins sur les danses de Vaslav Nijinsky, Paris, 1913 

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Cartier, Design drawing for a pendant in platinum, pearls, and diamonds, c. 1912, Paris, Cartier Archives © Cartier

Cartier, Design drawing for a pendant in platinum, pearls, and diamonds, c. 1912, Paris, Cartier Archives 

© Cartier
George Barbier (1882–1932), “Black satin and tulle evening dress embroidered with brilliant-cut diamonds”, Journal des Dames et des Modes, no. 46, January 1,  1913, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

George Barbier (1882–1932), “Black satin and tulle evening dress embroidered with brilliant-cut diamonds”, Journal des Dames et des Modes, no. 46, January 1,  1913, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

Jacques Cartier holding a pearl mounted as a pendant in Patiala during his trip through India. December 1911, Archives Cartier Paris © Cartier

Jacques Cartier holding a pearl mounted as a pendant in Patiala during his trip through India. December 1911, Archives Cartier Paris

© Cartier
Jacques Cartier in Bahrain sharing a lunch with some of the well-known pearl merchants of the time in Bahrain. March 1912, Archives Cartier Paris © Cartier

Jacques Cartier in Bahrain sharing a lunch with some of the well-known pearl merchants of the time in Bahrain. March 1912, Archives Cartier Paris

© Cartier
Sem (also known as Georges Goursat) (1863 - 1934), Juclier, 11 faubourg Saint-Honoré. Chromolithograph, 1913 © Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris

Sem (also known as Georges Goursat) (1863 - 1934), Juclier, 11 faubourg Saint-Honoré. Chromolithograph, 1913

© Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris
Atelier Bredillard-Hatot, Drawing of a pendant. Pencil, ink and gouache on card, c. 1912, Collection L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

Atelier Bredillard-Hatot, Drawing of a pendant. Pencil, ink and gouache on card, c. 1912, Collection L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

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