Designed as a garland set with numerous round, pear and marquise-shaped diamonds, gathered to each side with baguette diamonds set in a scroll motif, total diamond carat weight approximately 68.65 carats, length 15¼ inches, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, numbered 74.470, with French assay and indistinct maker's marks;  front section detaches for wear as a bracelet, length 6¾ inches. With signed envelope.

Sotheby's Geneva, May 15, 2008, Jewels from the Collection of Lily Marinho, Lot 511.

In good condition. Diamonds throughout approximately E-G color, VVS-VS clarity. Extremely flexible and very well made. Maker's mark on clasp tongue of necklace component. Necklace clasps at the sides, not the back. Fitted with safety closures at both clasps.
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