Sunflower or Frivole
Harry Winston · Van Cleef & Arpels
Sunflower
Sunflower
Eight matched stones ring a single round brilliant like petals around a seed head, laid out with a compass for strict symmetry.
Frivole was made to look a little careless. Its heart-shaped petals of mirror-polished gold sit in loose, asymmetric clusters, a collection Van Cleef & Arpels built in 2003 on a petal it had used since the 1940s. Harry Winston's Sunflower allows no such play: one round brilliant, eight matched stones, symmetry checked with a compass in the New York studio in 1950. Gold scattered, stones ringed: two flowers could hardly be built more differently.
| Fact | Sunflower | Frivole |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 1950 | 2003 |
| School | New York | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | platinum, diamond, sapphire, ruby | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | Not published | Not published |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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