E-1: English Great Room of the Late Tudor Period, 1550-1603
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966
c. 1937
On view — Gallery 11 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Mottled light passing through a floor-to-ceiling expanse of handmade glass illuminates the many intriguing details Narcissa Thorne included in this miniature room. Above the ornately carved paneling at the back is a door, the entrance for troupes of musicians who might have provided entertainment…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Miniature room, mixed media
- Dimensions
- Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 57.5 × 63.2 × 79.4 cm (22 11/16 × 24 7/8 × 31 1/4 in.); Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 58.5 × 64.2 × 80.7 cm (23 × 25 1/4 × 31 3/4 in.)
- Origin
- United States