E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century

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E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century

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
43757

"This bedroom of a country house in Normandy represents the provincial interpretation of the style of Louis XV," wrote Mrs. Thorne. She intended this interior to show the way in which a growing middle class outside of Paris adapted some of the innovations in comfort and style characteristic of Louis XV's reign for their relatively modest homes. A striving for beauty is demonstrated in the richly carved armoire against the left wall and in the sprigged wallpaper supplementing the paneling of the back wall.

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Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne

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AAT300427608

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