Dedication Letter
date: label: Date
content: 1753
name: label: Author
content: Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763
label: Architect
content: Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763
label: Print Maker
content: Pierre-Philippe Choffard, French, 1730–1809
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Charles François, French, 1717–1769
label: Publisher
content: Jean-Charles François, French, 1717–1769
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis XV, King of France, 1715–1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Letter written by the architect Emmanuel Héré to Louis XV introducing the plates of the plans of the place royale de Nancy. The letter is frames by an elaborate border of floral and vegetal garlands and scrolls, with three shining fleurs-de-lys set within a laurel wreath at the top.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: made in
content: Lorraine
label: place depicted
content: Lorraine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-209-71
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving