Alhambra

A four-leaf clover cut from stone and ringed with a double row of gold beads, repeated along a chain like a string of charms.

From €1,600on the Van Cleef & Arpels site, October 2026

Introduced: 1968 — The house dates both the motif and its first piece, a textured yellow gold long necklace, to 1968. Sub-lines: Vintage Alhambra (the original proportions), Magic Alhambra (motifs of mixed sizes, set asymmetrically), Sweet Alhambra (miniatures).
Idea: The quatrefoil and the flower
School: Place Vendôme
Materials: yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian, enamel

The story

The house drew the clover in 1968 and set it first on a long necklace of textured yellow gold. The beaded border became the line's signature as the motif was recut in mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian and guilloché gold, then scaled up and down as Magic and Sweet Alhambra; enamel is its most recent material.

The ladder

Entry Sweet Alhambra bracelet, yellow gold and mother-of-pearl €1,600
Signature Vintage Alhambra pendant, yellow gold and mother-of-pearl €3,200
Top of line Magic Alhambra long necklace, 16 motifs, white gold and diamonds €211,000

Prices as published by Van Cleef & Arpels in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

Perlée

Answered by · 2008
Perlée, Van Cleef & Arpels (2008)
The gold beads that ring every Alhambra clover were given a collection of their own, lining bangles and hoops.
Answered by · 2016
Divas' Dream, Bulgari (2016)
Divas' Dream takes up the motif repeated as a talisman: a Roman fan edged in gold and filled with pavé, malachite or mother-of-pearl.
Opera

Answered by · 2015
Opera, Buccellati (2015)
Opera cuts the house's own four-petalled rosette free and wears it alone, the way the clover is worn.
Answered by
Giardino, Mellerio
Giardino opens the four-petalled flower in lace-edged gold with one stone at its heart, after the gardens of Isola Madre.
Lucky Animals

Answered by · 2017
Lucky Animals, Van Cleef & Arpels (2017)
Van Cleef cut its hard-stone marquetry into a bestiary and kept the Alhambra's contour of gold beads round each creature.