Van Cleef & Arpels: Time, Nature, Love in Riyadh
Running from January 19th to April 15 at the Saudi National Museum in Riyadh, the“Van Cleef & Arpels: Time, Nature, Love" exhibition will showcase high jewellery pieces, archival documnets and sketches, delving into the stories heritage of the French jewellery house
The theme of Time highlights the brand’s timelessness through standout pieces of elegance such as a 1949 bracelet-watch with spring-loaded flaps operated by two sapphire arches revealing the concealed rectangular dial in an extraordinary display of the Maison’s mechanical prowess.
Amongst the highlights of the Love section is a choker inspired by Venetian door knockers is transformable into two bracelets.
In the Nature section, a Bird of Paradise clip from 1942 features a platinum beak set with diamonds and feathers made of rubies and sapphires