
Van Cleef & Arpels: A Love Story and the Perlee Line
Estelle Arpels married Alfred Van Cleef in 1895. From that union came one of jewellery's great houses, its Place Vendome flagship and the Perlee line.
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Estelle Arpels married Alfred Van Cleef in 1895. From that union came one of jewellery's great houses, its Place Vendome flagship and the Perlee line.

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