Les Pétales Place Vendôme or Alhambra
MIKIMOTO · Van Cleef & Arpels
Les Pétales Place Vendôme
Cupped rose petals of pavé diamonds drift against a round pearl, as if blown across the Place Vendôme.
Mother-of-pearl is one of the stones Van Cleef & Arpels cut its 1968 Alhambra clover from, ringed with gold beads and repeated along a chain. Mikimoto, the house of the cultured pearl, goes to the source and puts a whole Akoya or South Sea pearl at the heart of Les Pétales Place Vendôme, with cupped pavé rose petals drifting against it. Those petals are curved and slightly hollowed, giving the piece a depth the clover deliberately refuses.
| Fact | Les Pétales Place Vendôme | Alhambra |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 1968 |
| School | Tokyo | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | white gold, rose gold, pearl, diamond | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian, enamel |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €7,200 | €1,600 |
| Top of line | €66,000 | €211,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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