BICORNE HAT OF A LIEUTENANT GENERAL, dress uniform, attributed to Count d'Oilliamson, model 1814, Restoration period. Item number 29855.

BICORNE HAT OF A LIEUTENANT GENERAL, petite tenue, attributed to Count d'Oilliamson, model 1814, Restoration. 29855

Hat made of black "flamand" felt; H from the front part starting from the curved part 18 cm, H from the front part starting from the bottom of the horns 23 cm, H from the back part starting from the curved part 24 cm, H from the back part starting from the bottom of the horns 31 cm, width 43 cm, depth 13 cm.
A black curled ostrich feather is sewn against each of the inner edges, a braid made of three twists in matte gold, doubling around the button and held by the same large gilded military button model 1815 (half-domed), burnished and matte, embossed with a trophy consisting of flags and a shield topped with a fleur-de-lis, surmounted by a helmet. Each horn is adorned with a gold bullion tassel.
Cockade made of silver trimmings with a white silk center (diameter 9 cm).
Interior cap composed of a band of brown waxed leather (H 7 cm) and a cap of white silk.

Wooden transport box, inner label printed in black paper "Rue Jacob, Faubourg S.-Germain, A PARIS. GEVIN Packer, Successor to his Father. MAKES and holds a Shop of Boxes to pack all kinds of Furniture, Porcelain, and Precious Effects, Modes and Ladies' Adjustments, all with the certainty that they arrive safely and in all their beauty, without fearing any event. Holds a very convenient store to receive all Merchandise to be packaged and shipped. He takes care to deliver the Boxes and Packages to all departments and foreign countries, either at the specified destination or to his Correspondents. He also takes care of customs shipments, to prevent inspection at the borders."

France.
Restoration.
Very good condition.

PROVENANCE:

BIOGRAPHY:
Marie Gabriel Éléonore, "Count d'Oilliamson", "Marquis de Courcy, Viscount de Coulibœuf", born in 1738, died in Falaise on January 10, 1830, was a French general.
As a sub-lieutenant in a dragoon regiment at the age of sixteen, he was a cornet in the Regiment of Orléans Dragoons in 1757, where he became a captain in the Regiment of Orléans Dragoons, participating in all campaigns of the Seven Years' War, during which he distinguished himself and received the Cross of Saint-Louis in 1770. He became a colonel in December 1775.
After the war, he was named sub-lieutenant, then lieutenant of the King's Bodyguard in the Luxembourg Company in 1788.
Promoted to Maréchal de camp in 1788, he was a zealous supporter of the monarchy at the beginning of the Revolution and was one of the main agents of the coalition organized in Caen in 1791.
After its failure, he emigrated and joined the army of princes. He was appointed adjutant general of the Count of Provence, future King Louis XVIII, for the campaign of 1792.
He then went to England, obtained command of a noble corps of émigrés for the expeditions of Quiberon and the Island of Yeu. Tasked with organizing the émigrés corps in Guernsey, he refused to take command of the Quiberon expedition, which he disapproved of, but still participated and was wounded there.
Arrested in Paris in 1798, he was imprisoned at the Temple and only regained his freedom after the Peace of Amiens.
He refused to serve under Bonaparte and lived in retirement until the Restoration, dedicating himself to the land of Saint-Germain-Langot which he held from his wife.
During the Restoration, he was made Maréchal de camp, then Lieutenant General in 1815.
He was one of the founders of the paternal association of the Knights of Saint-Louis and contributed with all his might to the triumph of the royal cause.
He was made a commander in 1814, then a Grand Cross in 1825 of the Order of Saint-Louis, as well as a commander of the Order of the Phoenix of Hohenlohe.
He was the brother of Thomas Gabriel François d'Oilliamson (09/10/1740-1799), known as Gabriel Varon, lieutenant colonel of the second regiment of carabiniers of Monsieur, the King's brother, major general of the army of Frotté and second in command of the Catholic and Royal Army of Normandy, who was executed by the republicans.

NOTE:
The title of Maréchal de camp is used instead of général de brigade during the Restoration and the July Monarchy, and the rank of Lieutenant General replaced that of général de division. This title disappeared definitively in 1848.