A5: Massachusetts Drawing Room, 1768
c. 1940
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 31.9 × 64.7 × 52.5 cm (12 9/16 × 25 1/2 × 20 11/16 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 30.8 × 65.8 × 53.4 cm (12 1/8 × 25 7/8 × 21 in.)
Classification
thorne rooms
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45327
About the Artist
Narcissa Niblack Thorne · 1882–1966
Narcissa Niblack Thorne (1882–1966) was born on May 2 in Vincennes, Indiana, the eldest child of William Niblack and Frances Caldwell Niblack. Her family relocated to Chicago during her childhood, where she received a patchwork education: homeschooled by a governess, public schooling from age eleven, private classes, and finishing at the elite Kenwood Institute in Hyde Park. Extensive family trave...