E-21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740-60
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 45.7 × 61.9 × 57.9 cm (18 × 24 3/8 × 22 13/16 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 46.4 × 62.9 × 58.8 cm (18 1/4 × 24 3/4 × 23 1/8 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43751
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...