Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966
E-3: English Reception Room of the Jacobean Period, 1625-55
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Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966c. 1937
E-3: English Reception Room of the Jacobean Period, 1625-55
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966 →jacobeanstuarteuropeanminiaturethorne rooms
Date
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 41.3 × 62.2 × 48.9 cm (16 1/4 × 24 1/2 × 19 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
In this English reception room of the Jacobean Period (1625-55) Italian Renaissance architecture and the contemporary fashion for Baroque ornamentation are the major influences. Here, Mrs. Thorne drew on two lavish rooms at Wilton, the magnificent house designed for Philip Herbert, fourth Earl of Pembroke.
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