E-2: English Bedchamber of the Jacobean or Stuart Period, 1603-88
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 42.5 × 68.8 × 60.7 cm (16 3/4 × 27 1/8 × 23 7/8 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 43.2 × 69.9 × 61.6 cm (17 × 27 1/2 × 24 1/4 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43686
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...