Our founder
Behind every piece at Gévaudan is the practiced eye of Angelica VonDrak, shaped by an uncommon combination of science, design, and a lifelong fascination with beautiful objects. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Cornell University, where her research trained her to look closely, searching for pattern, provenance, material, and the deeper story revealed through detail.
For more than fifteen years, Angelica has designed, built, and renovated homes, developing an intuitive understanding of proportion, craftsmanship, and the way objects give a room its character. That experience became the foundation of her second career as a top producing real estate broker in New York’s Hudson Valley. With more than $100 million in closed sales over the last 5 years and annual recognition as a Top Realtor from Hudson Valley Magazine, she has spent years inside some of the region’s most distinctive homes, learning firsthand what makes an interior feel collected, personal, and enduring.
That sensibility guides Gévaudan. Each piece is chosen for its history, integrity, and quiet presence, with an appreciation for objects made well enough to be lived with for generations.
