Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois: Art Institute of Chicago, 2004. Second. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 184 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. VG. Item #145942
ISBN: 9780865592124

Features the sixty-eight miniature rooms crafted at the request of Chicago socialite Mrs. James Ward Thorne between the years 1934 and 1940. These rooms, constructed on a scale of one inch to one foot, feature both European and American interiors from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, including a Pennsylvania kitchen, a California living room, a Louis XIV French salon, a Georgian-period English drawing room, and much more. Extensive text. Nice photos. Includes a glossary of terms.

Price: $50.00