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Lot Essay
Gérard Péridiez, maître in 1761.
Gérard Péridiez was the son of the ébéniste Brice Péridiez and brother of the ébéniste Louis Péridiez. He established himself at the Temple where he executed commissions for marchands such as Léonard Boudin, Louis Noël Malle, and probably Migeon.
A related kidney-shaped table with floral marquetry by Gérard Péridiez was sold by Partridge, Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 54. A commode à hauteur d'appui with similar floral marquetry and dot-trellis cartouches is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIième Siècle, Paris, 1998, pl 638.
HELENE BEAUMONT AND THE VILLA EILENROC
Hélène Beaumont (1895-1988) was one of the celebrated figures of the Côte d'Azur. Known for her philanthropy, most Beaumont mixed with the great personalities of the Côte, from the Aga Khan to Florence Gould, who was a friend. Originally from London, Hélén Thomas was an opera singer when she met her husband, the American businessman Louis Dudley Beaumont (1857-1942), who earned his fortune as a co-founder of the May department stores.
For more than half a century Madame Beaumont lived in one of the most beautiful residences in Cap d'Antibes, the Villa Eilenroc. Situated in an 11-hectare park at the tip of Cap d'Antibes, the villa was constructed by the architect Garnier between 1860-1867 by Hugh Hope London, a wealthy former governor of the Netherlandish Indes, who named the villa with an anagram of his wife's name, Cornélie.
The couple acquired the villa in 1927 and purchased furnishings through Duveen and also at the most important auctions of the period, largely from the English Rothschild collections and in particular the estate of Anthony de Rothschild in 1923, where they purchased the greater part of the sale, including this beautiful small table.
Gérard Péridiez was the son of the ébéniste Brice Péridiez and brother of the ébéniste Louis Péridiez. He established himself at the Temple where he executed commissions for marchands such as Léonard Boudin, Louis Noël Malle, and probably Migeon.
A related kidney-shaped table with floral marquetry by Gérard Péridiez was sold by Partridge, Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 54. A commode à hauteur d'appui with similar floral marquetry and dot-trellis cartouches is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIième Siècle, Paris, 1998, pl 638.
HELENE BEAUMONT AND THE VILLA EILENROC
Hélène Beaumont (1895-1988) was one of the celebrated figures of the Côte d'Azur. Known for her philanthropy, most Beaumont mixed with the great personalities of the Côte, from the Aga Khan to Florence Gould, who was a friend. Originally from London, Hélén Thomas was an opera singer when she met her husband, the American businessman Louis Dudley Beaumont (1857-1942), who earned his fortune as a co-founder of the May department stores.
For more than half a century Madame Beaumont lived in one of the most beautiful residences in Cap d'Antibes, the Villa Eilenroc. Situated in an 11-hectare park at the tip of Cap d'Antibes, the villa was constructed by the architect Garnier between 1860-1867 by Hugh Hope London, a wealthy former governor of the Netherlandish Indes, who named the villa with an anagram of his wife's name, Cornélie.
The couple acquired the villa in 1927 and purchased furnishings through Duveen and also at the most important auctions of the period, largely from the English Rothschild collections and in particular the estate of Anthony de Rothschild in 1923, where they purchased the greater part of the sale, including this beautiful small table.