Jacques' business developed as a family affair over the years.
His daughter Elisabeth, for example, married Pierre Jordan, a wealthy merchant in Lyon.
Commerce with Voiron near Grenoble was added by François Perier-Lagrange, who was a nephew.
In 1764, Madeleine Perier, a niece, married a leading merchant in Voiron, François Tivolier.
Claude Perier cemented these connections when he came of age by marrying Marie-Charlotte Pascal (1749-1821), the daughter of a leading Voiron merchant.
Her dowry in 1767 amounted to 60,000 livres.
By that date Claude was already an active member of the family enterprise.
In 1764 the business was named "Jacques Perier, Father, Son, Nephew & Company."
Claude Perier and Perier-Lagrange were the minor partners.
When this association was renewed in 1773, the shares of Jacques and his son, Claude, were 344,266 livres and 72,493 livres, respectively.

The trade in linens was a mainstay, but the Periers also acted as credit bankers for area businesses, made land investments, and ventured into manufacturing at Grenoble on their own account (muslins, 1777; hardware, 1779).
Most importantly, Claude and his father responded to the increasing demand in France for printed cotton cloths (toiles peints) and wallpapers (papiers peints).
Printed cottons were mainly imported from India and were known as indiennes, but they began to be fabricated in France in 1760 by the famous industrialist Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815).
His factory for cotton prints at Jouy near Paris, which employed 900 workers by 1774, was named a "royal manufacturer" in 1783 by Louis XVI.
Oberkampf invented the first machine for printing wallpaper in 1785.
Jacques and Claude Perier began the production of these printed stuffs in 1775-1777 at Vizille, a small village just south of Grenoble.
Jacques' business developed as a family affair over the years. His daughter Elisabeth, for example, married Pierre Jordan, a wealthy merchant in Lyon. Commerce with Voiron near Grenoble was added by François Perier-Lagrange, who was a nephew. In 1764, Madeleine Perier, a niece, married a leading merchant in Voiron, François Tivolier. Claude Perier cemented these connections when he came of age by marrying Marie-Charlotte Pascal (1749-1821), the daughter of a leading Voiron merchant. Her dowry in 1767 amounted to 60,000 livres. By that date Claude was already an active member of the family enterprise. In 1764 the business was named "Jacques Perier, Father, Son, Nephew & Company." Claude Perier and Perier-Lagrange were the minor partners. When this association was renewed in 1773, the shares of Jacques and his son, Claude, were 344,266 livres and 72,493 livres, respectively.
The trade in linens was a mainstay, but the Periers also acted as credit bankers for area businesses, made land investments, and ventured into manufacturing at Grenoble on their own account (muslins, 1777; hardware, 1779). Most importantly, Claude and his father responded to the increasing demand in France for printed cotton cloths (toiles peints) and wallpapers (papiers peints). Printed cottons were mainly imported from India and were known as indiennes, but they began to be fabricated in France in 1760 by the famous industrialist Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815). His factory for cotton prints at Jouy near Paris, which employed 900 workers by 1774, was named a "royal manufacturer" in 1783 by Louis XVI. Oberkampf invented the first machine for printing wallpaper in 1785. Jacques and Claude Perier began the production of these printed stuffs in 1775-1777 at Vizille, a small village just south of Grenoble.
Claude Perier