Kitchen Cabinets · Georgian & Colonial Revival
Thorne Miniature Room: Virginia Kitchen, 18th Century
A 1:12-scale Thorne Room of an 18th-century Virginia kitchen, with a brick cooking hearth, open shelving, a work table and simple built-in storage.
Design characteristics
In Virginia plantations, the kitchen was often a separate building, and its fittings were simple and functional. This miniature centers on a large brick hearth flanked by open shelves and plain cupboards, with a sturdy work table in the middle of the room. For a contemporary kitchen with a historic feel, it suggests a layout of open plate shelving and a hearth-like range alcove, with plain doors and visible pine.
Classification
- Category
- Kitchen Cabinets
- Material
- Pine
- Motifs
- Plate rack
- Model made
- c. 1940
- Maker or designer
- Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882–1966
- Recorded medium
- Miniature room, mixed media
- Dimensions
- External: 55.3 × 117.5 × 57.2 cm (21 3/4 × 46 1/4 × 22 1/2 in.); Internal (main room only): 25.8 × 53.4 × 52.8 cm (10 1/8 × 21 × 20 3/4 in.)
- Evidence
- Museum miniature room (scale model)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
Architectural context
Symmetry, classical proportions and refined raised-panel woodwork. Britain and colonial America · original c. 1714–1830; revival c. 1876–1955.
