Van Cleef & Arpels Lucky Alhambra Tiger's Eye Necklace
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
VCA Lucky Alhambra Tiger's Eye Necklace. Signed VCA, #JB041193.
2010s French Pendant Necklaces
Tiger's Eye, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Lucky Alhambra Tiger's Eye Necklace
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
VCA Lucky Alhambra Tiger's Eye Necklace. Signed VCA, #JB041193.
Tiger's Eye, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Tigers Eye & Diamond Lucky Alhambra Butterfly Pendant in 18KY
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Vintage VCA pendant features a tiger's eye butterfly studded with one round brilliant cut diamond weighing approximately 0.03 carat with F color and VS1 clarity.
Diamond, Tiger's Eye, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage VCA 18K Interchangeable Gemstone Bar Cufflinks
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Timeless and elegant French Van Cleef & Arpels interchangeable Multi-color gemstone baton Cufflinks set expertly crafted in 18K yellow gold from 1970s with 10 pairs of cylindrical va...
Amber, Carnelian, Hematite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Rock Crystal, Tiger...
Van Cleef & Arpels 18 Karat Yellow Gold Lucky Alhambra 12 Motif Necklace VCA
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Newport Beach, CA
We are pleased to offer these beautiful Guaranteed Authentic Van Cleef & Arpels 18k Yellow Gold Lucky Alhambra 12 Motif Necklace. This stunning necklace features white and gray M...
Carnelian, Malachite, Tiger's Eye, 18k Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Diamond and Tiger Eye Ring
Located in San Antonio, TX
18k gold ring chevron design ring, set with diamonds and tiger-eye.Signed VCA 75 FRANCE 5V967 10. French assay marks.Size 6-3/4.
Diamond, Quartz, 18k Gold
Van CLEEF & ARPELS 1970s Tiger Eye Earrings
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
A richly textured pair of Van Cleef & Arpels earrings in 18k gold designed as clip on tops suspending an oval tiger eye stone matching to VCA tiger eye ring listed separately. 2.25" ...
One of the world’s foremost jewelry houses, Van Cleef & Arpels is particularly noted for a focus on technical virtuosity, craftsmanship and artistry, evident since its beginning. Rather than create earrings, bracelets, necklaces and other adornments primarily for the aim of displaying of wealth and opulence, Van Cleef & Arpels sought to produce jewelry that projected the wearer’s taste and style.
The company was formed a year after the 1895 marriage of Alfred Van Cleef, the son of a gem cutter, to Estelle Arpels, daughter of precious-stones dealer Salomon Arpels. Ten years later, Van Cleef & Arpels opened its first boutique on the Place Vendôme in Paris, setting the march on a square now crowded with dealers in bijouterie. (The company still occupies the New York flagship store opened in 1939 at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.)
Born from a union of expertise in both jewelry making and gem selection, Van Cleef & Arpels distinguished itself with both the consistency of the color and clarity of its stones and the creativity of its designs. In doing so, the house would win a roster of dedicated, fashion-conscious clients that included the Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Hutton, Jacqueline Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1933, Van Cleef & Arpels patented its trademark Mystery Setting — a technique by which gems are fitted into an intricate matrix of slots and “drawers” that keep the setting hidden. Another signal innovation was the Zip necklace, introduced in 1951, which can be worn either around the neck or, with the zipper closed, as a bracelet.
But as much as to the firm’s craftsmanship, clients have been drawn by the insouciance and playfulness of Van Cleef & Arpels designers, as well as their attunement to the cultural climate. After the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the company produced several lavish pieces featuring hieroglyphics and other Egyptian motifs to go along with the geometric Art Deco jewelry of that decade and the next. Following World War II, as symbols of freedom and rebirth, the firm focused on naturalistic forms such as birds, flowers, fruit and flying insects. High society’s 1960s fascination with the Near East and India prompted such pieces as the best-selling Alhambra necklace, popularized by Princess Grace.
Lately, attention among collectors and connoisseurs has centered on Van Cleef & Arpels’s quality of workmanship as much as its glamour. The firm was the subject of a 2012 show at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as exhibitions at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, in 2013 and at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2014.
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