Our founder
Maison Gévaudan began the way most enduring things do: slowly.
Long before there was a shop, there were years spent restoring old houses, designing new ones, walking antique fairs before sunrise, and filling notebooks with details that most people would never notice. A hand-forged latch polished by generations of use. Linen softened by decades of washing. The particular warmth of old oak. The quiet confidence of an object made well enough to last.
For more than fifteen years, Angelica VonDrak has designed, renovated, and built homes where every material and every object was chosen with intention. Those projects became an education not only in architecture, but in the things that make a house feel lived in. The weight of a bronze candlestick. The proportions of an eighteenth century table. A simple ceramic bowl that somehow belongs anywhere.
That experience shaped the eye behind Gévaudan.
Every piece in the collection is selected personally by Angelica. There are no seasonal buying committees, no trend forecasts, and no pressure to fill shelves. If something finds its way into the shop, it is because it possesses a quality that cannot be manufactured: honest craftsmanship, enduring materials, or a quiet beauty that reveals itself over time.
The collection moves easily between centuries and styles because homes do too. French antiques sit comfortably beside contemporary Scandinavian design. Connecticut folk pieces share a room with handmade ceramics from Europe. Linen, brass, oak, marble, leather, and wool speak a common language when they are chosen thoughtfully.
The name Gévaudan comes from a remote region in southern France, a landscape shaped more by time than by fashion. Wild, enduring, and deeply connected to place, it reflects the philosophy behind the shop: surround yourself with fewer things, chosen well, and live with them for a lifetime.
Today, Maison Gévaudan is both a shop and an extension of that philosophy. It is a place for those who believe a home is never assembled overnight. It is collected slowly through objects that carry memory, reward attention, and become more beautiful the longer they are lived with.
