It’s in the dawning of the 20th century that Louis Cartier, representing the third generation of artisan jeweler Cartiers, prepared a jewelry masterpiece in his familial workshop, a jewel that would traverse the ages and eras around the finger of men and women alike.
A comrade of Jean Cocteau, designer, filmmaker, writer, and painter, Louis Cartier imagined an unexpected silhouette for the creation of the ring with a little help from his friend. In 1924, Jean Cocteau imagined “Saturnian” forms. Using the French artist’s imagination as a starting point, Louis Cartier conceived a ring made of three different precious materials: Cartier’s three-piece ring.
The jewelry innovation of the century was concentrated in the fine creation of two lovers of art and excellence. Three precious alloys situated inside one another, each carrying a particular meaning. Rose gold conveys love, yellow gold is a reminder of fidelity, while grey gold symbolizes friendship. These three golds combined in one unique and elegant piece are the embodiment of the different stages of a relationship: passion, followed by love, then friendship, and finally fidelity. This ring, who’s curves were born from a collaboration between artisanship and thought, finds its focal point in the art that ties it to a success that can only be eternal. Integrating a modest, sophisticated, and timeless design, the ring was named “Trinity” in 1998, as if to underline the almost theological reference in the engagement that this ring suggests.
From start to finish, Monsieur Louis Cartier’s creation evolved quite a bit. Indeed, it was in 2009 that the brand decided to create a collection paying homage to its favorite Trinity and carried out a panoply of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings reusing the principal of three rings and adding stones and jewels like emerald, sapphire, or diamond. The “Trinity” ring by Cartier offers a symbol of a profound engagement that continues to appeal to lovers of classical and eternal references and doesn’t seem to have lost its artistic radiance.
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