Art Institute of Chicago
E-3: English Reception Room of the Jacobean Period, 1625-55
Designed by Narcissa Niblack ThorneLinkedCulture matchlcp-1cb517aa62e8
- Date
- c. 1937
- Medium
- Miniature room, mixed media
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 43690
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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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
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- Object type
- AAT300427608
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