Cartier Louis-Francois Cartier took over the jewelry Cartier Sunglasses workshop of his master, Adolphe Picard, at 29 With Cheap Sunglasses, Rue Montorgueil in 1847. Due to his success Cartier Sunglasses he decided to move to a new establishment in the Oakley Eyeglasses Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, Cartier Eyeglasses and then to the Boulevard des Italiens.
Paris was in the whirlwind of festivities and luxury which characterized the Second Empire. Princess Mathilde, a first cousin of Napol�on III, gave Louis-Fran�ois Cartier a prestigious clientele, attracted to Paris by the 1867 Universal Exhibition.
The international elite was seduced by the brilliance of the creations of "a jeweler unlike any other". Alfred Cartier, Louis-Fran�ois Cartier's son, helped his father. He was a clever businessman, an expert in precious stones, who quickly acquired fame throughout Europe.
Paris was in the whirlwind of festivities and luxury which characterized the Second Empire. Princess Mathilde, a first cousin of Napol�on III, gave Louis-Fran�ois Cartier a prestigious clientele, attracted to Paris by the 1867 Universal Exhibition.
The international elite was seduced by the brilliance of the creations of "a jeweler unlike any other". Alfred Cartier, Louis-Fran�ois Cartier's son, helped his father. He was a clever businessman, an expert in precious stones, who quickly acquired fame throughout Europe.
