Thorne Miniature Room: Pennsylvania Drawing Room, 1761
A 1:12-scale Thorne Room based on a Philadelphia-area drawing room of 1761, with fully paneled walls, a pedimented overmantel and rich carved ornament.
Philadelphia was the wealthiest city in colonial America, and its finest rooms show it. This miniature reproduces the elaborate carved woodwork of the period: a chimneypiece with a scrolled pediment, carved friezes, raised panels and a deep cornice wrapping the room. It shows the high end of the Georgian style, where every architectural element is defined by moulding and carving. Use it as a reference when one room in a house deserves the full treatment, such as a library or formal dining room.
Heirloom-tier paneling with CNC-carved pediment, frieze and brackets; can be built as a single feature wall.
A custom version typically runs $65–$160 per sq ft of wall, shipped as a kit.
- Style
- Georgian & Colonial Revival
- Element
- Wall Paneling & Wainscoting
- Model made
- c. 1940
- Maker or designer
- Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882–1966
- Materials
- Miniature room, mixed media
- Dimensions
- External: 46.1 × 126.4 × 67.4 cm (18 1/8 × 49 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.); Internal (main room only): 30.5 × 47.7 × 51.8 cm (12 × 18 3/4 × 20 3/8 in.)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
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