This Van Cleef and Arpels necklace of French artisanship is crafted in 18k white gold. Of exquisite monochromatic aesthetic, this sumptuous necklace weighs 101.4g and measures 16 inches long, a maximum of 11.5mm wide and 11.5mm deep. Exuding distinct elegance combined with artistic craftsmanship, this exquisite French neck adornment displays the 'emblems' of Art Deco jewelry design, namely geometry, chromatic contrast, linearity and stylization. Designed to impress and sensationally mounted with 567 colorless ‘rocks’ collectively weighing almost 38.00cts, this grandiose conglomeration of investment quality diamonds is securely mounted in a desirably ostentatious necklace bearing the coveted name Van Cleef and Arpels. Constructed in graduated alignment punctuated with seven generous tapering plaques,(19mm long and 17.5mm wide diminishing to 13mm long and 12mm wide) this significant signed VCA necklace is centrally mounted in each of 8 frames with baguette diamonds collectively weighing 3.75cts. While the rear neck uniquely exposes pristine channel-settings mounted with square-cut and baguette diamonds, punctuating the design is a clasp, a petite version of the center plaque sans baguettes measuring just 9mm long and 8mm wide. Including the façade, this glorious beaming Van Cleef and Arpels necklace is heavily laden with 26.85cts of glistening baguette diamonds of which 2.94cts are corner-mounted tapering baguettes. Accentuating both the centrally prong-set baguette diamonds and buffering the inclined graduating mirrored rows of baguettes, this dynamic radiant VCA necklace is collectively mounted with 7.30cts of brilliant-cut diamonds in contrast to the streamlined baguettes narrowing in width from 11.5mm at the front to a delicate 6mm at the rear. Mounted only with investment grade F and G color and VVS clarity diamonds, Van Cleef and Arpels ensures that this sensational necklace is adopted by a truly appreciative wearer of inimitable aesthetic jewelry with a penchant for the best. There’s no need to speculate as to whether an important jewelry item such as this will increase in value. Platinum, gold and diamonds have not only held their price in a falling market where property and the stock market no longer offers certainty, but these commodities have exponentially increased in price due to the ease of transportation and the inevitable and in constant demand for reliable commodities. As an investment, your necklace can be worn to a local charity event and when you are not raising funds for worthy projects, you can keep your asset safe and securely protected in the bank for less annually than it costs to fill your car with gas last week. As an alternative, you could always buy ‘wheat’ certainly a good investment, especially if it’s organic but it takes up a lot of space and it doesn’t wear well!

The world famous French jewelry ‘Maison’ of Van Cleef & Arpels was founded in 1896 by Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Solomon Arpels. VCA occupied their first store at 22 Place Vendome, where their still reside. Fluid lines, graceful curves, color, and a poetic sense of movement, inherent in the Art Nouveau style, characterize the Maison’s pre-1920’s jewelry. In 1934, Van Cleef & Arpels created the ‘Ludo-hexagone’ bracelet also called the ‘honeycomb’ bracelet which remained in vogue for decades, widely copied and imitated by many other jewelers. Designed as a wide band of , invisibly articulated hexagonal links, often star-set at the center with a tiny ruby or diamond, it was usually decorated with a massive buckle or scroll clasp invisibly set with sapphires or rubies and decorated with small diamonds. In the mid 1940’s VCA pioneered the ‘invisible setting’, a way of cutting and mounting colored gemstones in addition to pave-setting diamonds in yellow gold, prior to which, diamonds were invariably set in white metal. With the return of ‘Naturalism’ in the mid- 1940’s, VCA excelled in the production of flower-head brooches, invisibly set with calibré-cut rubies and sapphires. The first VCA ‘ballerina’ brooch was produced in 1945, the design remaining in vogue for some two decades. With the new fashion for earrings, Van Cleef and Arpels applied the ‘honeycomb’ design to their gold and diamond ear-clips and expanded their line of creation in the domain of naturalistically inspired designs. These included floral sprays, animal motifs and the firm’s first production of ‘snowflake’ brooches. In the 1950’s their avant-garde ‘winking cat’ brooch and other designs inspired by Walt Disney cartoons gained tremendous popularity. For the coronation of Farah Pahlavi, the former empress of Iran, Van Cleef & Arpels received the order of designing and manufacturing a crown in 1967. The 4-pound pearl, ruby, diamond and emerald crown she received at her1 967 coronation took Pierre Arpels of Van Cleef & Arpels six months to make. This crown is kept as part of the Iranian Crown Jewels at the Iranian Central Bank in Teheran. Today, Van Cleef & Arpels boasts ten boutiques in the United States.

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Suggested Retail Price: $175,000.00 Your Price: $135,000.00 $130,000.00 Wholesale Price: $135,000.00