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Clip Mia and Sintesi for the springtime by Gismondi 1754

Published on March 23, 2022

Orecchini in oro e rosa diamanti Clip Sintesi

Variations on the Clip theme. Spring music for Gismondi 1754 plays new notes that start from the music of the Clip collection, presented last fall. The variations are called Clip Mia and Clip Sintesi, and they made their debut at Vicenzaoro. As variations, they retain Clip’s inspirational themes, but with a more immediate and simple interpretation. And also with the possibility of a more informal use. The Clip collection, in fact, includes jewels with a high rate of value and formality. Mia and Sintesi represent a precious but easier version: a lightening, defined by the Genoese Maison.

The two new lines use, in any case, jewels in white or pink gold, with diamonds and precious stones such as emeralds, pink and blue sapphires. Clip Mia is proposed as a young and dynamic collection, which reflects a contemporary lifestyle. Clip Sintesi, on the other hand, was born from the aesthetic research of Massimo Gismondi, with the aim of finding a form code capable of summarizing the original inspiration, the simple office clip. A deconstruction that keeps only the essential elements, reaching the minimalism of the form and the purity of the sign.

Anello Clip Sintesi in oro rosa e diamante — Anello Clip Sintesi in oro rosa e diamanti

Collan ain oro rosa e zaffiro rosa Clip Mia

Bracciale in oro bianco e zaffiri Clip Mia

Gismondi 1754 launches Clip, jewels to join

Published on September 14, 2021

Rings/bracciale/Showroom/COLLANE

“A paperclip embodies a simple concept, that of a union that preserves individuality,” says Massimo Gismondi, mind and soul of the Genoese jewelry maison of the same name, while describing the new Clip collection. Gismondi 1754, which, as its name suggests, has a long tradition behind it, but is not devoted to the simple replication of tradition. The company, on the other hand, prefers innovation and dynamism and not only for the creation of its jewels, but also in business management, as evidenced by the listing on the Aim list of the Italian Stock Exchange.

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiro blu

The Clip collection, which elaborates the shape of the paper clip, includes both aspects of the Maison: work and innovation, which go hand in hand with the creativity applied to jewelery. Keeping different elements together, the task of a clip, is transformed into bracelets, rings, necklaces and earrings. The jewels are made of pink or white gold, enriched with diamonds and precious stones, such as pink and blue sapphires.

The collection also includes two pieces of high jewelery: a necklace and a pair of earrings with a cascade of white and fancy brilliant-cut and pear-cut diamonds. Moreover, as is now in the trend of jewelry, the collection is also declined in a bracelet and ring in black gold with white diamonds, dedicated to the male world.

Alta gioielleria Gismondi 1754, collana in oro rosa e diamanti bianchi e fancy

Alta gioielleria Gismondi 1754, orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti bianchi e fancy

Orecchini in oro rosa, smeraldi e zaffiri rosa

Bracciale in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiro blu

54 clips by Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on February 16, 2019

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Chrysanthème, esposto anche al Musée des Arts Decoratifs

The most beautiful clips by Van Cleef & Arpels gathered in an exhibition in Paris. Here are some ♦ ︎

The clip, if you read the definition, is a spring clip of various types and for different uses. All right, but the clip can also exist for another, unique, different reason: to be admired itself. This is the case with high-jewelry clips, which usually stop nothing, close or serve anything but show their own beauty. Back in fashion after years of oblivion, the brooch has a second youth. And remember what happens when the fine jewelry marries the art of goldsmithing thinks about Van Cleef & Arpels, who in Paris, in the luxurious venue at 20 Place Vendôme, has organized an exhibition of his most famous clips: from the famous dancers, animals, flowers.

The exhibition is titled Le clip, a bijou de style et d’élégance and contains 54 pieces from Maison’s heritage collection, accompanied by drawings and videos.

It is also an opportunity to revisit fashions and forms linked to historical periods from the 1920s to today. Wheat, feathers, perfect hoops, lace knots, lions and chicks, fairies that are pinned on evening or day dresses, on different occasions. But always as a distinctive sign: not everyone can wear these small works of art.
Boutique Van Cleef & Arpels
Heritage Gallery
20 Place Vendôme 75001, Paris
From 21 January to 30 March 2019
from Monday to Saturday from 11 to 19

Clip Danseuse (1947) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Orchidea (1927) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Lace Bow (1949) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Fairy Dragonfly (1941) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Van Cleef & Arpels, fairytale music

Published on September 3, 2018

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Collana Sous la lune. Cabochon di smeraldo di 29,44 carati (Colombia), 464 sfere di zaffiro per un totale di 647,02 carati (Birmania), zaffiri, smeraldi, diamanti. Collana con clip amovibile

The Bremen musicians play a symphony for Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

From Paris to Bremen. The road is that of the Grimm brothers, who wrote at the beginning of the nineteenth century the fable Town Musicians of Bremen. The address is that of Van Cleef & Arpels, who conceived the collection of fine jewelry Quatre contes de Grimm, which we talked about here. The collection includes four fairy tales: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Bremen. This last fairy tale begins like this: “Once upon a time there was a donkey that carried heavy bags of flour every day. Just as his forces were dwindling more and more, one morning he heard his master announce that he would replace him. At these words the donkey escaped and took the road to Bremen “.
It was not easy to translate the fairy tale into a collection of fine jewelry. Van Cleef & Arpels has succeeded in this way: in the dark forest, Bremen musicians suddenly see the light of a window. This image becomes a bracelet with a halo of white and pink diamonds surrounding the central stone, with black spinels, onyx and round and baguette diamonds. “The distant clarity of the house is so evoked in a contrast of colors and materials that evokes an impression of splendor and brightness”.
In Grimm’s story, the animals triumph over brigands joining. The episode is evoked with the earrings that use Pierres de Caractére, with 14 yellow diamonds cut to pink for a total of 18.18 carats, diamonds. The pendants of the earrings are removable.
On the night of the fairy tale, the Sous la lune necklace shines with a rare ensemble of five rows of deep blue Burmese sapphires, for a total of 647.02 carats. Below, stands a pendant designed around a generous 29.44 carat emerald cabochon of Colombia. The pendant (with a perforated motif that evokes the deep forest of the fairy tale) is removable and can be worn alone as a clip. So, as in the fairy tale, fantasy is the winner.

Bracciale Lumiére. Spinelli neri, onice, diamanti bianchi e rosa

Bracciale Lumiére. Spinelli neri, onice, diamanti bianchi e rosa (retro)

Bracciale Lumiére aperto. Spinelli neri, onice, diamanti bianchi e rosa (retro) — Bracciale Lumiére aperto. Spinelli neri, onice, diamanti bianchi e rosa

Orecchini Victoire. 14 diamanti gialli taglio a rosa per un totale di 18,18 carati, diamanti. Con pendenti amovibili

Three feathers for Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on September 2, 2018

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Van Cleef & Arpels, clip con diamante giallo

The collection of Van Cleef & Arpels inspired by the fairy tale The three feathers of the brothers Grimm ♦ ︎

“Once upon a time there was an old king who had three sons. If the two elders seemed sociable and wise, the last one spoke so little that he was nicknamed the Idiot. Feeling that his end was approaching, the king gathered them and said to them: My three beloved children, I do not know who of you will succeed me on the throne. That’s why I entrust you with a mission: go and travel the world. Those of you who will bring me the most beautiful and refined carpet will inherit my kingdom. “Fairy tales, you know, tell adventures that have a moral, a teaching for children (and not only). Like the fairy tale The three feathers of the Grimm brothers, which has been translated into a collection of fine jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels. The collection is part of a larger collection called Quatre contes de Grimm, which we talked about here. The fairy tales are The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Bremen.

Clip Panache MystОrieux. Serti MystОrieux Vitrail zaffiri colorati, diamanti

Therefore, feathers could not be found in the collection. As in the Panache Mystérieux clip, in the shape of feathers, with round cut diamonds and baguette with colored sapphires. The Serti Mystérieux Vitrail technique was used for the pin. Presented by the Maison in 2014, it allows multiplying the plays of reflections, nuances and relief, enhancing the translucent appearance of the stones. Blue, mauve and yellow sapphires create a velvety surface. The cut each stone has been meticulously placed on the front, giving it a delicate roundish, and faceted on the verso to increase its brilliance. Each stone is inserted into the gold frame, which however remains invisible on both sides of the jewel. A magic worthy of a fairy tale, in short. The Trio précieux clip is also part of the collection dedicated to feathers, with a Fancy Vivid Yellow yellow cut cushion of 2.51 carats. Sautoir Serapi is a great impact, with a cushion-cut blue sapphire of 13.01 carats (from Sri Lanka), a pink cushion-cut sapphire of 3.08 carats (Burma), ruby, pink and blue sapphires, white cultured pearls , coral, diamonds. The sautoir is transformable, since the clip is removable. The necklace is combined with a pair of earrings and a ring, always with coral, pearls and sapphires. Among the jewels of this collection stands out the bracelet Carrousel des demoiselles, with an emerald of 10.41 carats (from Brazil), sapphires, diamonds: alludes to the circle of frogs of the fairy tale, but the wearer immediately turns into a princess.

Anello Serapi. Rubini, zaffiri rosa e blu, corallo, diamanti

Orecchini Serapi. Rubini, zaffiri rosa e blu, perle di coltura bianche, corallo, diamanti

Sautoir Serapi. Zaffiro blu taglio cuscino di 13,01 carati (Sri Lanka), zaffiro rosa taglio cuscino di 3,08 carati (Birmania), rubino, zaffiri rosa e blu, perle di coltura bianche, corallo, diamanti. Sautoir trasformabile con clip amovibile

Clip Trio précieux. Diamante giallo Fancy Vivid Yellow taglio cuscino di 2,51 carati, diamanti

Bracciale Carrousel des demoiselles. Al centro, lo smeraldo del Brasile di 10,41 carati

Bracciale Carrousel des demoiselles. Smeraldo taglio smeraldo di 10,41 carati (Brasile), zaffiri, diamanti

A Golden Bird flies to Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on September 1, 2018

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Clip Plumage d’or, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e yellow

The fairy tale Golden Bird by Grimm brothers is now high jewelry with Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

“A king had three sons. One day from the king’s court an apple disappears from the golden apple tree. The king decides to send the first two sons to guard, but they fell asleep. So the king decides to address the younger son. At midnight Bertrando sees a golden bird and manages, by shooting an arrow, to drop a feather, and thus to prove to his father the cause of the disappearance of the apples “. Thus began the fairy tale The Golden Bird of the Brothers Grimm. A fairy tale that, in addition to being heard by generations of children, is now appreciated by adults, certainly those who can own or, at least, admire the jewels of the collection Quatre contes de Grimm by Van Cleff & Arpels. As we explained here, the collection includes four fairy tales: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Breme.
Obviously, in the jewels dedicated to the fairy tale of the Golden Bird could not miss the protagonist, the bird. The Maison depicts it with diamond feathers, yellow sapphires, garnets in orange and gold tones and forms a luminous color set crossed by onyx lists. This perfectly studied alternation helps to recreate the stealthy and memorable appearance of the golden bird under the silvery rays of the moonlight. Always dedicated to the bird is the necklace with a removable central palmette: a Fancy Vivid Orangy Yellow emerald cut of 3.31 carats. The diamond can be worn on a feather clip and the jewelry motif of the clasp, set with white and yellow diamonds, adorns the feather clip or the center of the necklace: the jewel, in short, can be worn in many different ways.
The collection also includes the Hespérides ring, with an extraordinary 20.36 carat yellow sapphire, and the Clair de lune necklace, with a 29.63 carat sugar-cut violet sapphire (Sri Lanka), blue sapphires and purple, gray pearls, diamonds. This sautoir is also a transformable jewel with a removable clip. Finally, there is the hero of the fairy tale, the prince. The clip portrays it together with the antagonist, the oiseau, placed on a rare oval violet sapphire of 3.18 carats (of Madagascar), while the rest of the jewel is made of gold with a blue sapphire, onyx, diamonds.

Clip Oiseau d’or Zaffiri gialli, granati varietà spessartite, onice, diamanti

Clip Le prince et l’oiseau. Zaffiro viola ovale di 3,18 carati (Madagascar), zaffiro blu, onice, diamanti

GRIMM Oiseau Or Plumage Or Packshot 02 HD — Collana Plumage d’or. Diamante giallo Fancy Vivid Orangy Yellow taglio smeraldo di 3,31 carati, diamanti bianchi e gialli. Collana e clip con motivi interscambiabili

Anello Hespérides. Zaffiro giallo ovale di 20,36 carati (Sri Lanka), onice, diamanti

Sautoir Clair de lune Zaffiro viola taglio pan di zucchero di 29,63 carati (Sri Lanka), zaffiri blu e viola, perle di coltura grigie, diamanti. Sautoir trasformabile con clip amovibile — Sautoir Clair de lune. Zaffiro viola taglio pan di zucchero di 29,63 carati (Sri Lanka), zaffiri blu e viola, perle di coltura grigie, diamanti. Sautoir trasformabile con clip amovibile

Clip amovibile del sautoir Clair de lune

The fairy tale of the twelve princesses seen by Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on August 31, 2018

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Anello Calice de spinelle. Spinello rosa ovale di 6,25 carati, rubini, diamanti

The first of the fairy tales that is part of the collection of high jewelry Quatre contes de Grimm by Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

If high jewelry is a dream for many, for Van Cleef & Arpels dreams are transformed into high jewelery. Or better, in fairy tales. We have already anticipated the collection of fine jewelry called Quatre contes de Grimm, which interprets four of the fairy tales written by the two brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in 1812 and 1815: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Bremen. But after an overview, it is worth telling separately, as if it were a fairy tale, each of the four jewelry lines.
“Once upon a time there was a king who had 12 daughters of unbelievable beauty. Inseparable, they illuminated the palace and its gardens from morning to night. Then they retired to the room where their twelve beds were lined up.
Every evening the king closed door, and yet every morning he found that their shoes were worn too much because they had danced.” It’s this the beginning of tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses, which has inspired the exceptional jewels of the collection.

Clip Princesse Danica. Zaffiri gialli, diamanti

Of course, in this high-end jewelry line there are 12 princesses. Van Cleef & Arpels transforms them into clips, large brooches of gold and precious stones. Each has a name: for example, Eos retains a strip of the perforated drapery of the dress, made with diamonds, pink and mauve sapphires. Emera has a costume that overlays a blue and mauve sapphire fabric with a pleating of diamonds and emeralds, and hides behind her fan, Danica is dressed with yellow sapphires and diamonds.
The Souliers précieux clip alludes to the nights described in the fairy tale: it has the shape of a lapis lazuli cushion that overlaps a spessartite garnet, troidia cut (similar to half marquise with rounded sides), of 6.91 carats, emeralds, lapis lazuli, pearls of white culture, diamonds. The transformable necklace and the Rubans de princesse earrings are also part of the line inspired by the worn-out shoes of princesses. Two lines of round cut diamonds and a central third formed by baguette-cut diamonds set horizontally underline the delicacy of the décolleté, evoking three silk ribbons: in all they are 22.87 carats. Intertwined with each other, they fall lightly with three important drop-shaped diamonds. The exceptional whiteness (D), the purity (FL) and the quality of the stones (type 2A) recall the mythical ones of the Golconda mines. One of the diamonds, separated from the necklace, can be worn as a pendant on a thin white gold chain, while the other two are added to a pair of earrings.
It seems a tale also the Traversée Étoilée bracelet, which is made of two Burmese cut-off sapphires for a total of 50.03 carats. They have an intense blue color that recalls the waters of the lake, mentioned in the fable of the brothers Grimm, which is crossed every night by the princesses to reach the ballroom. The inside of the bracelet has decorative motifs engraved in gold: a palace under a starry sky on one side and the boats proceeding on the waves on the other.
At last, in this collection there is a ring with a concave shape, it alludes to the cup of wine with a sleeping pill that the astute princesses offer to those who must guard them. The ring has a pink oval spinel of 6.25 carats surrounded by a multitude of suiffé rubies. Alessia Mongrando

Bracciale Traversée étoilée: 2 zaffiri taglio a goccia per un totale di 50,03 carati Birmania), zaffiri, turchese, diamanti — Bracciale Traversée étoilée: 2 zaffiri taglio a goccia per un totale
di 50,03 carati Birmania), zaffiri,
turchese, diamanti

Clip Souliers précieux Granato varietà spessartite taglio troidia di 6,91 carati, smeraldi, lapislazzuli, perle di coltura bianche, diamanti — Clip Souliers précieux
Granato varietà spessartite taglio troidia
di 6,91 carati, smeraldi, lapislazzuli, perle di coltura bianche, diamanti

Clip Princesse Éos. Zaffiri rosa e malva, diamanti

Clip Princesse Héméra. Zaffiri blu e malva, smeraldi, granati varietà tsavorite, diamanti

Collana Rubans de princesse: 3 diamanti taglio a goccia per un totale di 22,87 carati (DFL tipo 2A), diamanti. Collana con pendenti amovibili per orecchini — Collana Rubans de princesse: 3 diamanti taglio a goccia per un totale di 22,87 carati (DFL tipo 2A), diamanti.
Collana con pendenti amovibili per orecchini

Van Cleef & Arpels reveals its Secret

Published on December 19, 2017

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Spilla Cupido, con uno zaffiro arancione a forma di pera di 2,74 carati dello Sri Lanka, abbinato a uno zaffiro viola a forma di pera da 1,36 carati, una rubellite a forma di cuore di 12,04 carati, con diamanti e zaffiri

The secret of Van Cleef & Arpels in the Le Scret collection is a very high quality jewelery. And full of surprises ♦ ︎

The secret of Van Cleef et Arpels was well guarded: a collection of high jewelery, masterpieces which required until 275 days for a necklace. In all, the Le Secret collection has a hundred pieces, some of which conceal a secret in the secret. For example, a bird with colored feathers can open one of the two wings to unveil a small newborn. The top of a ring can be rotated to show a gold engraved band or hide other rings. A bracelet with butterflies can blink the wings to display the hands of a tiny watch. Secrets kept and unveiled, and so, concealed just to be shown with greater pleasure: surprise is not just in the overwhelming technique of the French Maison craftsmen, who have hidden phrases, quotations and dedications in the most striking spaces of jewels, but also in exuberant forms that have the jewels. In addition to the rich necklaces, composite rings, exuberant earrings, there are brooches that fall into that kind of chameleon jewelry, that is, that it takes shapes and colors of objects, plants or animals.
On the other hand, Van Cleef & Arpels’s has just invented the secret in jewelery, as in the case of the secret setting, a patented system that allows the stones to be stacked without any visible metal grippers.

Anello Labyrinthe, con un diamante giallo a taglio cuscino da 13 carati, onice, oro bianco e giallo, diamanti

Van Cleef & Arpels, orologio Papillon, con-movimento meccanico a carica manuale. Uno smeraldo colombiano di 14,57 carati, oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi, spinelli neri, onice e madreperla

Colombe Mystérieuse. Spilla con rubini mystery setting, diamanti e smeraldi (gli occhi)

Anello Fleur Bleu, in oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi, zaffiro

Bracciale Dentelle, con diamanti e rubini, può avere l'opalescenza della madreperla o il nero dell'onice — Bracciale Dentelle, con diamanti e rubini, può avere l’opalescenza della madreperla o il nero dell’onice

Oiseau sur la branche, collana trasformabile con perle di rubini birmani

Sous Son Aile, clip con rubini, diamanti e zaffiri: l'ala dell'uccello si muove e svela un altro piccolo uccellino — Sous Son Aile, clip con rubini, diamanti e zaffiri: l’ala dell’uccello si muove e svela un altro piccolo uccellino

The Séraphîta: un anello con zaffiro e diamanti che nasconde ben quattro segreti

Michele della Valle top at Sotheby’s

Published on December 17, 2017

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Spilla a forma di palma, con diamanti, tsavorite e peridoto

Success from Sotheby’s for the jewels by Michele della Valle ♦ ︎
There were 13 jewels of Michele della Valle auctioned in Fine Jewels in Geneva on December 14th organized by Sotheby’s. One of the pieces was the top lot of the sale. It is a diamond brooch and a tsavorite, peridot and diamonds with the shape of two palms. A tropical tree was created with a set with baguette diamonds and brilliant cut, the other with circular cut tsavorite, live cut peridots, baguette and tapered baguette diamonds. Starting from a minimum estimate of € 38,500, the pin has been beaten at over € 62,000. But it was not the only piece on sale by the Italian designer-artist who is on the highest steps of the jeweler’s world-wide scale.
Among the other 12 jewels in the auction, a chick-shaped brooch in yellow gold with sapphire and onyx, also by Michele della Valle, started from 1,286 euros and came to 3,751. But those sold at the Geneva auction are just the last pieces put on sale this year by Sotheby’s of the Italian designer. On 12 October, for example, a necklace of rubies and diamonds pearls, was sold for over 73,000 euros and a pair of brooches with diamonds, spinels and tourmalines, totaled the remarkable sum of 62,000 euros. In June, still in the Swiss city (where Michele della Valle lives and works), the brooch with ruby and diamonds Cervo, has touched the 20,000 euros, while the bracelet Sassi, with emeralds, pink sapphires and diamonds, has been beaten for 60,000 euros. Federico Graglia

Michele della Valle, collana di perle di rubino e diamanti

Michele della Valle, collana in agata rossa, smalto e diamanti

Coppia di orecchini Ufo com peridoti, diamanti rosa e diamanti

Coppia di spille com diamanti, tormalina e spinello

Spilla Chick in oro giallo con zaffiro e onice

Bracciale Sassi con smeraldi, diamanti e zaffiri rosa