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The Beurdeleys, dealers and collectors of Asian art in Paris, in online database Collectors and Dealers of Asian art in France 1700-1939 https://agor…
2022
International audience; Rédigé par Camille Mestdagh (trad. Jennifer Donnelly)-21/03/2022 Collectionneurs, collecteurs et marchands d'art asiatique en France 1700-1939 Family History: From Dealers to Collectors Originally from Burgundy but established in Paris, on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Jean Beurdeley (1771-1853) founded a shop selling curiosities around 1817, which was taken over and run by his son Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808-1882), then his grandson Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley (1847-1919). From the outset, Jean was associated with trade in furniture and secondhand goods, but it was his son Alfred Beurdeley (known as "Beurdeley père") who considerably developed their act…
The Beurdeleys. A dynasty of dealers in curiosities and their networks
2021
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Furniture and luxury markets in the 19th century : the trade and work of the Beurdeleys
2015
Introduction. De l’objet A la Mise en commun
2021
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French artistic furniture (1850-1900)
2010
International audience; Publication du mémoire de DEA "Fabricants d'ameublement d'art à la veille de la Belle Epoque : Henry Dasson, Alfred Beurdeley, Paul-Charles Sormani, Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, les Millet", présenté à l'Université Paris IV Sorbonne sous la direction de Bruno Foucart et de Thibaut Wolvesperges.
Le répertoire d’un atelier d’ameublement parisien
2021
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Monbro et Beurdeley, fabriques de nouvelles curiosités
2020
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Behind the veneer
2011
Présentation de la dynastie Beurdeley
Types and Uses of Furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry
2022
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La dynastie Beurdeley (1818-1895) : entre boutique et atelier. Une histoire du commerce des curiosités et de la création d’objets d’art au XIXe siècle
2019
The Beurdeley dynasty was established in Paris from 1818 to 1895. They were active in the trade of "curiosities" (as antiques were then described) but they also founded a workshop for the manufacture of furniture and gilt bronzes. The study of their business reveals the increasing value devoted to curiosities, the consumption and the circulation of works of art, both antique and modern, the trade and the workshop practices throughout the nineteenth century. The dual activity of dealer and manufacturer is significant and exposes the correlations between the commerce, the development of the taste for old objects following the intense circulation of merchandises triggered by the Revolution, an…