E-8: English Bedroom of the Georgian Period, 1760-75
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 30 × 47.5 × 48.2 cm (11 13/16 × 18 3/4 × 19 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 30.5 × 48.3 × 48.9 cm (12 × 19 × 19 1/4 in.)
Classification
miniature
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43708
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...