PHILIPPE-ÉGALITÉ (Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orléans, dit). Let - Lot 186

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PHILIPPE-ÉGALITÉ (Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orléans, dit). Let - Lot 186
PHILIPPE-ÉGALITÉ (Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orléans, dit). Letter signed "LPJ d'Orléans" TO JACQUES NECKER. One p. in-4. "The S. Schabracq, Sir, whom I have already recommended to you, has given me his reply to the observations of the community of lapidary jewelers, concerning the project he has to establish here a factory for the preparation of diamonds. I am enclosing it with my letter, together with a summary of his proposals, and would ask you to take note of them. I WONDER WITH PLEASURE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT MAY SUCCESS, if it results in an advantage for the State, and no one is in a better position than you to appreciate its merit. You know, Sir, the sincere esteem I have for you..." MAITRE LAPIDAIRE JOAILLIER, FROM A FAMILY OF JEWISH ARMATEURS AND DIAMANTAIRES FROM AMSTERDAM, ISAAC SCHABRACK was keen to establish himself in France: as the royal powers sought to limit the outflow of capital and provide employment for workers and the destitute, he was able to benefit from high-level protections, including that of the Duc de Chartres, future Duc d'Orléans and future "Philippe-Égalité", who had visited his factory during a trip to Holland. Isaac Schabrack was naturalized in 1780, and set up his diamond-cutting factory in the Faubourg du Roulle, Paris. In 1785, he was allowed to occupy a wing of the Quinze-Vingt hospital: not only were the costs of this operation shared with the government and the goldsmiths' guild, but the administration also paid the rent and provided a security officer. In exchange, Isaac Schabrack had to take on two French teachers and 12 blind children as pupils. However, due to difficulties in sharing knowledge within the workshops between the French and Dutch, and above all because of the open rivalry with England and Portugal in the gemstone trade, the company eventually went bankrupt shortly before the Revolution. LOUIS-PHILIPPE-JOSEPH D'ORLEANS (1747-1793), a MAJOR PLAYER OF THE PRE-VOLUTIONARY CRISIS AND THE EARLY TIMES OF THE REVOLUTION, was descended from Louis XIV's brother Gaston d'Orléans. He was one of the richest princes of his time... and the most indebted, due to his lavish lifestyle. Anglophile, active in Freemasonry and hostile to the Court, he embraced the new ideas and, out of personal ambition, contributed to the overthrow of the regime. He was one of the most determined to derail the egalitarian tax reform sought by the Controller General of Finances, Calonne, who was seeking to rectify a critical situation. Elected to the Estates General, and then exiled for a time, he broke definitively with Louis XVI, hoping for the advent of a parliamentary monarchy to his benefit. He sat on the extreme left, was renamed Philippe-Égalité by the Paris Commune, and was subsequently elected to the Convention, where he voted for the King's death. He was nevertheless arrested as a suspect after his son, the Duc de Chartres, defected to the Austrians, and was condemned to death and executed on November 6, 1793. A copper-engraved portrait of Philippe-Égalité is included.
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