Thorne Miniature Room: English Library, Queen Anne and George I Periods, 1702–50
A 1:12-scale Thorne Room of an early 18th-century English library, with walnut-toned paneling, built-in glazed bookcases and a pedimented chimneypiece.
Early Georgian libraries were designed as complete architectural rooms, with bookcases built into the paneling rather than standing against it. This miniature shows glazed bookcases set between pilasters, a pedimented chimneypiece and a continuous cornice tying them together. It is a direct model for a modern built-in library wall: cases set into a paneled frame, a strong cornice, and the fireplace or a desk as the center of symmetry.
Built-in bookcase wall with pilasters, glazed doors and a continuous cornice, in stained oak or walnut; Heirloom tier.
A custom version typically runs $1,050–$1,700 per linear foot, installed in Colorado.
- Style
- Georgian & Colonial Revival
- Element
- Built-ins & Bookcases
- Model made
- c. 1937
- Maker or designer
- Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882–1966
- Materials
- Miniature room, mixed media
- Dimensions
- External: 55.9 × 132.4 × 63.2 cm (22 × 52 1/8 × 24 7/8 in.); Internal (main room only): 33.7 × 63.5 × 58.5 cm (13 1/4 × 25 × 23 in.)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
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