E-25: French Bathroom and Boudoir of the Revolutionary Period, 1793-1804
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 34.7 × 57.5 × 31.9 cm (13 11/16 × 22 11/16 × 12 9/16 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 35.3 × 58.5 × 32.4 cm (13 7/8 × 23 × 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43768
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...