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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://agorha.inha.fr/detail/786

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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 activity. Under the Second Empire, Beurdeley père became one of the most important dealers in curiosities and works of art in the capital. Under the July Monarchy, his shop was moved to the Pavillon de Hanovre, at the corner of Boulevard des Italiens, in a building acquired by the family in 1830. The store was thus located in the heart of chic Paris at the time and there one could find a quantity of varied and precious goods: marble statuary, ivories, glassware, antique jewellery, bronze clocks, paintings, chandeliers, furniture in marquetry or lacquer