E-20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720

E-20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720 by Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Medium

Miniature room, mixed media

Dimensions

Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 46.4 × 55.6 × 63.9 cm (18 1/4 × 21 7/8 × 25 1/8 in.)

Classification

miniature

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

117618

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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