CARTIER: ART DECO DIAMOND CLIP, CIRCA 1930The stylised fountain motif of Persian inspiration, with pierced detail, pavé-set with brilliant and single-cut diamonds, accented by baguette and step-cut diamonds to the centre, mounted in platinum,diamonds approximately 7.00 carats total, signed Cartier Paris, rubbed number L 2942, maker's mark, partially struck French assay marks, length 3.0cmFor further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: ProvenanceMrs Robert Emmet (1875-1947)Descent to the current ownerMrs Robert Emmet (1875-1947), born Louise Garland, was the daughter of James Garland, co-founder and Vice President of the First National Bank of the City of New York and organiser and builder of the Northern Pacific Railway. In 1896, she married Robert Emmet and the New York Times described their wedding as 'one of the prettiest house weddings of the season'. The service was performed by Archbishop Corrigan under a canopy of red roses in the home of the bride's parents on Madison Avenue, New York, and the entire choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral provided the vocal music apanied by the organ and Lander's Orchestra. The couple moved to England and settled in Warwickshire buying 500 acres of land and building a manor house in Elizabethan style called Moreton Paddox. During World War One, Moreton Paddox was converted into a 50-bed convalescent hospital for which Louise received a citation from the War Office expressing the highestmendation and most appreciative thanks. A noted collector like her father, Louise was a valued client of Cartier and purchased superlative jewels when visiting their stores in Paris, London and New York. The two lots offered here are from her exquisite personal collection and have been enjoyed by four generations of her family.Significant archaeological discoveries during the second half of the 19th century led to a rediscovery of civilisations beyond Europe's borders. By the turn of the 20th century, Islamic art had be a field of study and inspiration for museums, artists, musicians, dancers, such as the Ballet Russes, and jewellers, such as Cartier. Louis Cartier was influenced by the Exposition des Arts Musulmans at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 1903 and the museum's 'Oriental Rooms', which opened in 1905, while Jacques Cartier travelled extensively around India and the Persian Gulf. The resulting relation between Cartier and the East was long and fruitful, with Persian and Indian-inspired motifs appearing in their jewels from the dawn of the 1900s to the 1930s.parable diamond-set 'cloud' and 'fountain' motifs can be found on a variety of jewels by Cartier (see Eds. Ecker, H. et al, 'Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity', London, 2021, pp.178-179 for a sautoir pendant and cigarette case of Persian inspiration from 1928-29 and p.275 for an emerald and diamond necklace from 1932, also see lot 148, 'Fine Jewellery', sold , 25th April 2018, for a ci