Lot 1084
1084
A NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS COLLIER DE PERLES ET DIAMANTS, PAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
A NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS COLLIER DE PERLES ET DIAMANTS, PAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

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A NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
COLLIER DE PERLES ET DIAMANTS, PAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Comprising three rows of seventy-two, sixty-nine and sixty-seven natural pearls measuring from 10.0 to 3.6 mm gathered by two brilliant and baguette-cut diamond clasps to the old-cut and vari-cut diamond bow clasp, mounted in platinum, made in 1955, 45.0 cm long
Signed VCA and with maker's mark for Van Cleef & Arpels, no. NY34128
Accompanied by report no. 45382 dated 18 October 2005 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the pearls are natural saltwater pearls

Lot Essay

A very similar necklace was given by H.R.H the Prince Rainier of Monaco to Grace Kelly on the occasion of their engagement in 1955. Grace Kelly is illustrated wearing her necklace in Sylvie Raulet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Éditions du Regard, Paris 1986, page 36. The date of the necklace confirms that it was directly influenced by the one of Princess Grace of Monaco who was an icon of elegance at the time. The necklace was subsequently slightly altered in 1963.

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