Plume de Paon or Alhambra
Boucheron · Van Cleef & Arpels
Plume de Paon
A peacock feather drawn barb by barb in pavé, its eye marked by a single larger diamond, curling round the finger or falling from a chain.
The Alhambra clover, drawn in 1968, is a closed shape: four leaves cut from mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite or carnelian, each held in a double row of gold beads and repeated along a chain. Van Cleef & Arpels built a whole grammar on that repetition. Boucheron's Plume de Paon, dated to 1860, is open and single, a feather drawn barb by barb in diamonds, its eye a larger stone, curling round a finger rather than lining up.
| Fact | Plume de Paon | Alhambra |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 1860 | 1968 |
| Designer | Frédéric Boucheron and Paul Legrand | — |
| School | Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | white gold, rose gold, yellow gold, diamond | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian, enamel |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €6,950 | €1,600 |
| Top of line | €218,000 | €211,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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