Inside French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels' lavish New York maison

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Inside French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels’ lavish New York maison
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Jouin Manku Studio has further strengthened its creative partnership with Van Cleef & Arpels by re-imagining the French maison's New York boutique. The Paris-based studio has designed three major exhibitions for the Place Vendôme jeweller over the past five years in Tokyo, New York and Paris, taking jewellery exhibition design to a whole new level while it was at it. The design for this boutique - a Fifth Avenue landmark since the 1940s - mirrors the curved glass domes used to display the jewels in these retrospectives. But while the exhibitions featured dark velvet rooms and clever lighting, the new store's shiny brass fittings, creamy yellow palette and focus on natural light ensure the airy feeling of a contemporary New York townhouse.

Inside French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels’ lavish New York maison

(Image credit: Press)

Inside French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels’ lavish New York maison

(Image credit: Press)

Inside French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels’ lavish New York maison

(Image credit: Press)

Inside French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels’ lavish New York maison

(Image credit: Press)

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Van Cleef & Arpels
744 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
United States

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Caragh McKay

Caragh McKay is a contributing editor at Wallpaper* and was watches & jewellery director at the magazine between 2011 and 2019. Caragh’s current remit is cross-cultural and her recent stories include the curious tale of how Muhammad Ali met his poetic match in Robert Burns and how a Martin Scorsese Martin film revived a forgotten Osage art.