M. et Mme de Pierlay

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-12-07 Diary Coverage: Up to 1873-02-17

Social visitors to the Bashkirtseff family in Nice during February 1873. Marie notes having a fifteen-minute conversation with them during an evening visit.

Mentions in the Diary

• February 17, 1873: M. et Mme de Pierlay visit the Bashkirtseff residence. Marie converses with them for fifteen minutes while her mother is ill.

Historical Context

The "de" prefix suggests this was a family of the French aristocracy or gentry. During the 1870s Nice winter season, aristocratic families from across Europe would make social calls on each other, maintaining the complex web of connections that defined their social world.

%%2025-12-07T12:00:00 RSR: Need to research whether the Pierlay family appears later in the diary or in other historical sources%%