The Pierre Cartier Foundation, established on September 19th 1996, is
a non profit-making foundation based in Geneva. It is overseen by the Supervisory
Authorities for Foundations under Swiss Law. Its founders are the five
daughter who are heirs of the late Mrs Marion Cartier, who died in Geneva
on March 20th 1994 at the age of 83.
After the death of their mother, the only daughter of Mr. Pierre
Cartier, the heirs decided to set up the above-mentionned foundation
with the
aim of preserving and displaying, for cultural and charitable purposes,
the
different collections of jewels created by their grandfather.
Since its creation, the Foundation has become the owner of a collection
of jewellery essentially from the late Mrs Marion Cartier who,
herself, received it during her lifetime from her father at the
time of commemorative
events, birthdays or family parties.