Since its founding in 1906, Van Cleef & Arpels has been captivated by the celestial vault. Constellations, zodiac signs and planetary ballets have long shaped the Maison’s poetic imagination, translating astronomy into adornment with rare finesse. The latest evolution of the Sous les étoiles High Jewellery story continues that dialogue between heaven and hand, offering a ring and earring suite that feels both steeped in patrimony and strikingly contemporary.
The étoile ring, with its generous, rounded silhouette, follows in the tradition of the bold volumes imagined by the House in the 1960s. Its hammer-finished yellow gold surface is achieved through lost-wax casting, an ancient technique that sculpts form from molten metal with remarkable precision. The exterior retains its tactile relief, while the interior gleams with the Maison’s signature mirror polish, perfected since the 1920s to intensify light and comfort alike.
Across its dome, diamonds are set within finely engraved stars, scattered with studied irregularity. Van Cleef & Arpels selects only stones graded D to F in colour and IF to VVS in clarity, each subjected to a dual verification process and examined under magnification to ensure absolute purity and fire.
The accompanying earrings echo this astral narrative. Hammered gold spheres shimmer with star-set diamonds, each arranged differently to create subtle asymmetry, one of the House’s quiet signatures. Openwork at the reverse reveals glimpses of concave volume and the backs of the stones, allowing light to circulate freely.
The result is a composition that captures the poetry of stargazing while remaining resolutely grounded in technical mastery. It is jewellery that does not merely reference the cosmos, but interprets it with discipline, radiance and enduring grace.
