Revisiting Noah's Ark with Van Cleef and Arpels

p/p pandnbsp;/p pFrench luxury brand Van Cleef andamp; Arpels has introduced an animal-inspired collection of jewellery clips. Called the L'Arche de Noandeacute; racontandeacute;e par Van Cleef andamp; Arpels, it retells the story of Noahandrsquo;s ark with jewellery./p pandnbsp;/p pKnown for their nature-inspired themes, Van Cleef often uses flowers, trees, and even animals as motifs. For its new collection of clips, the brand has drawn inspiration from the animals that are believed to have sailed on Noahandrsquo;s ark. The line comprises 60 pairs of koalas, monkeys, parrots, and elephants, among other species. American jeweller Robert Wilson has designed the clips to be worn in pairs or separately, like a statement accessory./p pandnbsp;/p pFor fantastical animals such as a unicorn, phoenix, and pegasus, the brand has put to use its patent andlsquo;mystery settingandrsquo;. Developed in 1933, it is special gem-setting technique in which the prongs holding the gems are not visible. This makes the piece look like it is studded with free-standing gems. This intricate technique takes close to 300 hours of work for each clip. The brand produces only a few rare pieces every year using this technique./p pandnbsp;/p p style="text-align: center;"/p p style="text-align: left;"andnbsp;/p p style="text-align: left;"The L'Arche de Noandeacute; racontandeacute;e par Van Cleef andamp; Arpels collection is available at the brand's boutiques across the world./p p style="text-align: left;"andnbsp;/p p style="text-align: left;"emImages via a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vancleefarpels.com/ww/en/collections/high-jewelry/arche-de-noe-racontee-par-van-cleef--arpels.html?utm_source=Facebookandamp;utm_medium=social-cmandamp;utm_campaign=Arche_De_Noe-WW-EN-JEWHandamp;utm_content=video" target="_blank"Van Cleef andamp; Arpels/a/em/p p style="text-align: left;"andnbsp;/p p style="text-align: left;"strongMore On andgt;andgt; a href="http://www.luxpresso.com/jewellery" target="_blank"Jewellery/a/strong/p

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