Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966
A20: Virginia Dining Room, 1758
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Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966c. 1940
A20: Virginia Dining Room, 1758
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966 →miniaturethorne rooms
Date
c. 1940
Medium
Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions
Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 33.7 × 50.2 × 53.7 cm (13 1/4 × 19 3/4 × 21 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
The wallpaper is perhaps the most elaborate element of this miniature room. In her study of interior decoration sources from the 18th century, Narcissa Thorne learned of the taste among Americans and Europeans for imported Chinese wallpaper. The walls in this space are covered with a hand-painted pattern of birds, trees, and flowers produced in the same manner as the full-scale wallpapers from China 150 years earlier.
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