“Emeralds, onyx, diamonds, a brooch!” is what Jeanne Toussaint is said to have screamed after spotting a panther in the wild while on safari with Louis Cartier. By then she was already director of ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Cartier’s most enduring motif isn’t a flower, a bird, or a butterfly. It’s a ...

The story of how the panther came to be Cartier’s mascot is now jewelry legend. If you aren’t familiar with it, all you really need to know is one name: Jeanne Toussaint. Or “La Panthère,” as Louis ...

The creation of a Panthère—whether captured in-motion in a wristwatch, crouched in a ready position on a brooch, or reimagined across a wide array of variations—is not merely the depiction of an ...

The pouncing panther decorated with black enamel spots and pear-shaped emerald eyes, clasping a pavé-set brilliant-cut diamond ball, to a single-strand of 8.0mm-8.5mm cultured pearls, panther and ...