Precious Lace or Frivole

Frivole hides nothing behind stones: its heart-shaped petals are bare gold, mirror-polished by hand so the metal flashes, scattered in asymmetric clusters since Van Cleef & Arpels introduced the line in 2003. Precious Lace, from Chopard thirteen years later, uses gold as a scaffold instead, a lattice of scallops set with diamonds. Frivole makes a mirror of its surface; Precious Lace makes a lace of its outline. Each turns the petal into something worn lightly on ear and finger.