A33: "Middletown" Parlor, 1875-90
Narcissa Niblack Thorne
1937–1940
- Medium
- Miniature room, mixed media
- Dimensions
- Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 25.8 × 53.4 × 47 cm (10 1/8 × 21 × 18 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- miniature
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
mediamixed mediathorne roomsartists' materialsminiature
About
“Middletown” is a fictionalized town in Indiana, Narcissa Thorne’s home state, and the eclectic decorative accessories in this miniature room impart a personal, lived-in quality. Objects like porcelain vases, crystal paperweights, books, newspapers, and even tiny photographs suggest that this room is based on Thorne’s memories of her childhood.
