E-7: English Drawing Room of the Early Georgian Period, 1730s
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 50 × 78.2 × 60.7 cm (19 11/16 × 30 13/16 × 23 7/8 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 50.8 × 79.4 × 61.6 cm (20 × 31 1/4 × 24 1/4 in.)
Classification
thorne rooms
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43704
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...