E-26: French Anteroom of the Empire Period, c. 1810
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 43.2 × 73.8 × 48.8 cm (17 × 29 1/16 × 19 1/4 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 43.9 × 75 × 49.6 cm (17 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43771
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...