Giardino or Alhambra
Mellerio · Van Cleef & Arpels
Giardino
A four-petalled flower in openwork gold with a lace edge, set with one stone at its heart, taken from the gardens of Isola Madre on Lake Maggiore.
Four lobes, an outline of beads or lace, and a colour at the centre: Giardino and Alhambra are closer than most pairs in this family. Van Cleef & Arpels drew its clover in 1968 and filled it edge to edge with hard stone inside a beaded gold border. Laure-Isabelle Mellerio leaves Giardino's four petals as openwork with a lace edge and sets a single stone at the heart, after the garden of Isola Madre. Fill the frame and you have the clover; open it and you have Giardino.
| Fact | Giardino | Alhambra |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 1968 |
| Designer | Laure-Isabelle Mellerio | — |
| School | Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | rose gold, yellow gold, diamond, sapphire, ruby, tsavorite, garnet, other | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian, enamel |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €900 | €1,600 |
| Top of line | €18,000 | €211,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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