E-5: English Cottage Kitchen of the Queen Anne Period, 1702-14
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 25 × 48.8 × 41.9 cm (9 7/8 × 19 1/4 × 16 1/2 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 25.4 × 49.6 × 42.6 cm (10 × 19 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43697
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...