How the Panther Became Cartier's Fiercest—and Most Famous—Icon

How the Panther Became Cartier's Fiercest—and Most Famous—Icon

Center: Cartier’s Panthère Reflexio necklace. Clockwise from top left: A 1923 illustration of a model swathed in leopard skin; an Aztec stone carving of a jaguar, the ruler of the underworld in Mayan mythology, 1400–1521; a lithograph of coral from Carl Hoffmann’s 'Book of the World', 1857; Josephine Baker with her baby cheetah in Deauville, France, circa 1930.Long before Cartier claimed the panther as its mascot, the creature stalked the imagin…