Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966
E-27: French Library of the Modern Period, 1930s
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Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966c. 1937
E-27: French Library of the Modern Period, 1930s
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966 →Art Decominiaturethorne rooms
Date
c. 1937
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 40.4 × 61 × 48.8 cm (15 7/8 × 24 × 19 1/4 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 41 × 62 × 49.6 cm (16 1/8 × 24 3/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
In contrast to the nostalgic period designs of most of Narcissa Thorne’s miniature rooms, this Jazz-Age Parisian library is decorated in a contemporary Art-Deco style. As a woman of financial means, Thorne likely spent time in glamorous, modern interiors like this one on her numerous trips to France’s fashionable capital throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
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