E-10: English Dining Room of the Georgian Period, 1770-90

E-10: English Dining Room of the Georgian Period, 1770-90 by Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Medium

Miniature room, mixed media

Dimensions

Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 50.8 × 89.5 × 65.1 cm (20 × 35 1/4 × 25 11/16 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 50.8 × 89.6 × 65.1 cm (20 × 35 1/4 × 25 5/8 in.)

Classification

miniature

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

43714

About the Artist

Narcissa Niblack Thorne · 18821966

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...

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