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Józef Fraget was a French industrialist who settled in Poland. He studied at polytechnic institutes in Paris and Berlin. Brought to Warsaw in 1824 by the then Minister of the Interior Tadeusz Mostowski, he opened the first plated goods factory in Poland, initially small, and from 1844 - his own factory at 16 Elektoralna Street. Constantly modernising the production (among other things, he arranged a laboratory for galvanic silver plating and gilding of metal products), he placed the factory among the best in Europe. Thanks to their perfection and aesthetic values, Fraget's platters were highly valued in the whole Kingdom of Poland and in Russia. After Fraget's death, the factory was run by his son Julian (1841-1906).