Plan du Lit de Justice Tenu par LE ROY le 13. Decembre 1756. Dans la Grande Chambre du Parlement, au Palais, à Paris
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Office of
content: Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, France
label: Designer
content: François Nicolas Martinet, French, 1731– ca. 1800
label: Print Maker
content: François Nicolas Martinet, French, 1731– ca. 1800
label: Publisher
content: Imprimerie de Ballard, Paris, France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural floor plan of the "lit de justice," a formal session of parliament held at the royal palace under the supervision of the king. Plan contained within a decorative scrolling frame with festoons, the coat of arms of France at top--three fleurs de lys in an escutcheon surmounted by a crown. Below hang two balancing scales. Floor plan at center, the king's place marked in the upper left corner. Letters and numbers printed in the plate correspond to a key at either side explaining where and how each attending group would be positioned during the session. Title of plate framed below in an elaborate cartouche. The plate is signed.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1921-6-205-13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper