The Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée Necklace represents a particularly unusual expression of the maison’s signature beaded-gold aesthetic. This exceptional special-order (SO) tri-colour configuration brings together 18K yellow, rose and white gold within a single necklace—creating a highly distinctive VCA piece with provenance that goes far beyond what is typically encountered on the secondary market.
This is not simply a standard boutique configuration. The original owner specially customised the necklace through Van Cleef & Arpels, pairing an 18K solid yellow gold chain with individual 18K rose gold and 18K white gold Perlée pendant components.
Most importantly, the documentation is exceptional. Each individual component carries its own VCA certificate, while the accompanying original 2014 receipt records the corresponding serial numbers of the individual components. This creates an unusually detailed paper trail connecting the necklace back to its original VCA configuration.
Presented as a one-owner set, the combination of three gold colours also makes the necklace incredibly versatile—it can be worn effortlessly alongside yellow, rose or white gold jewellery. With special-order VCA pieces already seldom encountered, finding one with this level of original documentation and traceable provenance is exceptionally rare.
The documentation and provenance on this one are honestly quite extraordinary. It is already rare to encounter a specially configured VCA piece on resale; finding the individual certificates for its components, together with the original receipt documenting their respective serial numbers, takes it into a completely different collector category.
We also love the thought behind the original configuration: yellow gold on the chain, rose gold and white gold through the Perlée elements, allowing one necklace to work across virtually an entire fine-jewellery wardrobe. A one-owner 2014 VCA special-order set with this level of paperwork is not something we expect to replicate easily once sold.
