For its new High Jewelry collection, Van Cleef & Arpels draws inspiration from the adventure novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1883.
Fascinated by the universe of this tale, the Maison’s designers, artisans and experts imagine a fantastical voyage in which colorful characters brave the elements in search of hidden treasures, landing on a mysterious island with unspoiled nature.
Like an adventure story, the collection Treasure Island, Racontee by Van Cleef & Arpels brings together landscapes and treasures from around the world in a journey in three chapters.
In the first, the Maison takes the helm, drawing inspiration from sailors’ knots and a variety of tools characteristic of the art of navigation. The ocean is reinterpreted in a harmony of blues: from turquoise to emerald green to the solar reflections of the afternoon heat or the moon reflecting on the surface of the water. The second chapter is an ode to nature, a theme dear to Van Cleef & Arpels, which is represented here in all its variety, vitality and absolute spontaneity with iridescent shells, delicate flowers and majestic trees in multiple shades. Finally, the third and final chapter tells the story of a true treasure hunt around the world, from pre-Columbian splendor to the wonders of Asia, giving life to creations inspired by elsewhere
Van Cleef & Arpels continues to write its own contemporary history. After A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Extraordinary Voyages by Jules Verne, Donkey Skin by Charles Perrault and the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, the Maison once again draws on the narrative power of a literary work.
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