{"product_id":"van-cleef-arpels-vintage-alhambra-20-motif-carnelian-yellow-gold-necklace","title":"Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels Vintage Alhambra 20 Motif Carnelian Yellow Gold Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty clovers, one red. This Van Cleef \u0026amp; Arpels Vintage Alhambra long necklace runs twenty carnelian motifs along an 18k yellow gold chain, each framed in the maison's beaded border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the format Alhambra was born in. The 1968 original was a long sautoir, meant to be worn over a sweater or doubled at the collar, and the 20 motif is its direct descendant. Carnelian suits it better than almost any other stone. It's a chalcedony, slightly translucent, so the color changes with what's behind it. Against skin it glows orange. Against black it deepens toward brick red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hard part is the matching. Carnelian comes out of the ground in everything from pale apricot to near-brown, and VCA has to find twenty slices that sit together as one color. Laid flat, these read as a single warm red with only the faintest shift from motif to motif, which is what natural stone should look like.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Van Cleef and Arpels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67995418296541,"sku":"0004141","price":15950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7828\/2405\/files\/van-cleef-arpels-vintage-alhambra-20-motif-carnelian-yellow-gold-necklace-0004141-1260757772.jpg?v=1790958071","url":"https:\/\/www.opulentjewelers.com\/products\/van-cleef-arpels-vintage-alhambra-20-motif-carnelian-yellow-gold-necklace","provider":"Opulent Jewelers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}