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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 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
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
Clip Plumage d’or, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e yellow
Clip Plumage d’or, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e yellow
Anello Hespérides. Zaffiro giallo ovale di 20,36 carati (Sri Lanka), onice, diamanti
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
Clip amovibile del sautoir Clair de lune







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




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 FeathersTown 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
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 Éos. Zaffiri rosa e malva, diamanti
Clip Princesse Héméra. Zaffiri blu e malva, smeraldi, granati varietà tsavorite, 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 tells the tales of the Grimms





Four tales by the Grimm brothers told through the high jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

Once upon a time, and there is still now, a jeweler capable of making magic. A fairy tale? No, it is the story of Van Cleef & Arpels, a brand of jewelry that still manages to amaze, especially when it engages with high jewelry. And, in the latest collection, the fairy tale becomes double, because the Maison was inspired by the stories of the Grimm brothers. Fables and brothers, like the Arpels, Claude and Pierre, who went hunting for gems in India. But this is another fairy tale.
The new collection of fine jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, instead, is inspired by four stories written by the famous brothers Grimm, who at the beginning of the nineteenth century collected and reworked the fairy tales of the German folk tradition. The four fairy tales turned into jewels are The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Bremen. If you do not remember the stories, the jewels of the collection will probably make you want to read them again. By the way, the fantasy world of children’s stories must have a special appeal for the Maison, since four years ago Van Cleef & Arpels was inspired by the fairy tale Peau d’âne (Leather of Donkey) by Charles Perrault.

With these four fairy tales, the knights, ladies and enchanted objects, like the feathers, are transformed with as much magic into necklaces, brooches, rings. As in the tradition of Van Cleef & Arpels also these fabulous jewels have been created with the most scrupulous attention in the choice of gems and in the subsequent creation of jewels. Diamonds, emeralds, sapphires really seem to come out of a precious casket, like those found in fairy tales. Only these are absolutely real. Alessia Mongrando

 




Collana Sous la Lune, con clip staccabile. Smeraldo taglio cabochon di 29, 44 carati della Colombia, 464 zaffiri birmani per un totale di 647,02 carati, smeraldi, diamanti
Collana Sous la Lune, con clip staccabile. Smeraldo taglio cabochon di 29, 44 carati della Colombia, 464 zaffiri birmani per un totale di 647,02 carati, smeraldi, diamanti
Il principe della fiaba «L'uccello d'oro». Clip con zaffiro viola taglio ovale del Madagascar, oro, diamanti, onice
Il principe della fiaba «L’uccello d’oro». Clip con zaffiro viola taglio ovale del Madagascar, oro, diamanti, onice
Collana e spila con diamanti bianchi e fancy vivid yellow-orange, condiamante taglio smeraldo di 3,31 carati. Clip della collana intercambiabile
Collana e spila con diamanti bianchi e fancy vivid yellow-orange, condiamante taglio smeraldo di 3,31 carati. Clip della collana intercambiabile
Collana ispirata alla fiaba delle principesse danzanti. Oro, diamanti a taglio pera. Alla collana sono abbinati orecchini con diamanti a pera
Collana ispirata alla fiaba delle principesse danzanti. Oro, diamanti a taglio pera. Alla collana sono abbinati orecchini con diamanti a pera
Oiseau d'or in zaffiri gialli, granati spessartine, onice e diamanti
Oiseau d’or in zaffiri gialli, granati spessartine, onice e diamanti
Bracciale ispirato alle Tre piume, con smeraldo, diamanti, zaffiri
Bracciale ispirato alle Tre piume, con smeraldo, diamanti, zaffiri
Bracciale Lumière ispirato a I musicisti di Brema. Diamanti bianchi e rosa giustapposti contro onici e spinelli neri
Bracciale Lumière ispirato a I musicisti di Brema. Diamanti bianchi e rosa giustapposti contro onici e spinelli neri
La clip di Panache Mystérieux presenta la tecnica del set misterioso di Vitrail
La clip di Panache Mystérieux presenta la tecnica del set misterioso di Vitrail