Marrakech or Perlée
Marco Bicego · Van Cleef & Arpels
Marrakech
Marrakech
Fine 18k gold wire wound into tight springy coils, gathered into strands that flex and drape against the wrist and throat like fabric.
Van Cleef & Arpels turned the polished gold bead, an edging in its work since the 1920s, into Perlée in 2008, lining bangles, rings and hoops with rows of small spheres. Marrakech repeats a coil instead of a sphere: thin yellow gold wire wound by hand into springs and gathered into strands, so Marco Bicego's piece flexes where a Perlée bangle holds its shape.
| Fact | Marrakech | Perlée |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 2008 |
| Designer | Marco Bicego | — |
| School | Milan & Valenza | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, carnelian, malachite |
| Moves | No | stacks |
| From | Not published | €880 |
| Top of line | — | €515,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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