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Van Cleef & Arpels-designed crown of Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran. She wore the crown in 1967 coronation ceremony. Pop up exhibition in The Landmark, Hong Kong (2013) Van Cleef & Arpels is a French luxury jewelry company. [1] It was founded in 1896 by the Dutch diamond-cutter Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Salomon Arpels in Paris. [2]
Van Cleef is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jan Van Cleef (1646-1716), Flemish painter; Joos van Cleve (also spelled Jos van Cleef) (1485-1540), painter from Cleves; Cornelius van Cleve (1520-1567), painter and son of Joos; Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989), American film actor who primarily starred in westerns
According to press articles of the time [4] the minaudière was invented by Van Cleef & Arpels in 1934. Charles Arpels was inspired by watching Florence Gould, third wife of philanthropist Frank Jay Gould, toss several small, loose makeup items into a tin box.
Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Buccellati constitute the Jewellery Maisons. [ 1 ] The Specialist Watchmakers group is composed of A. Lange & Söhne , Baume & Mercier , IWC Schaffhausen , Jaeger-LeCoultre , Officine Panerai , Piaget , Roger Dubuis , and Vacheron Constantin .
Lee Van Cleef made his film debut in High Noon. Kramer first offered Van Cleef the Harvey Pell role, after seeing him in a touring production of Mister Roberts, on the condition that Van Cleef have his nose surgically altered to appear less menacing. Van Cleef refused and was cast instead as Colby, the only role of his career without a single ...
Van Ginkel's 74 consecutive games streak, which ended due to a foot injury in the regular season finale, included playing through a broken nose suffered in the first quarter on Dec. 17 vs. the Jets.
Less common are van het and van 't, which use the similar but grammatically neuter article het. The contraction ver-, based on van der, is also common and can be written as a single word with the rest of the surname; an example being Johannes Vermeer (van der meer "of the lake").
The material is OEKO-TEX Standard 100, meaning everything, from the fabric to the stitching, is free of chemicals like PFAs and BPA. Products are also shipped in recyclable packaging.