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Art Institute Chicago
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A work made of etching and aquatint, with roulette, with color applied à la poupée, on cream wove paper.

Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles, late 1868/early 1869

Édouard Manet

A work made of silver gilt, rock crystal, textile, and human remains.

Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist, 1433; container: 900/1200

Weddeghe Velstede

A work made of chromogenic print, with applied acrylic and graphite.

Delay, 1989

William Anastasi

Miniature dining room with mint-green walls and two large windows on the back wall, between which hangs a portrait of a Revolutionary-era man flanked by two vases. A formal wooden table with two chairs sits in the room's center, a fireplace with a mirror on the mantle and two tall stools at left.

A10: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1795, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of gelatin silver emulsion on watercolor paper with applied watercolor and graphite.

Untitled, n.d.

James Wyman

A work made of glass.

Paperweight, c. 1870

To-scale great room with a double-height ceiling. The bottom half of each wall is clad in elaborately carved wooden panels. The right wall features a tall bay window, the left a fireplace flanked by suits of armor. A long, rustic table with bench is centered in the room.

E-1: English Great Room of the Late Tudor Period, 1550-1603, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and metal-alloy-strip-wrapped silk in chain stitches; applied paillettes; loop and ball fastenings; edged with applied braid; embroidered areas lined with cotton, plain weave.

Aba (Dress for Child or Young Woman), 19th or early 20th century

A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Trumpet Player, c. 1760/70

Vienna State Porcelain Manufactory

Porcelain soup bowl with fruit and floral decorations painted in enamel color and molded scalloped edge with a golden border.

Soup Bowl, c. 1750

An interior space with sliding panel doors at right leading to a glimpse of outdoor greenery. Pale wooden shelves and trim line the room, which features pale blue walls and minimal furniture.

E-31: Japanese Traditional Interior, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Steel breastplate armor and helmet with brass stripe trim.

Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers, c. 1575

A work made of gelatin silver print, with applied color.

The Pyramid of the USSR, 1997

Valera Cherkashin

Interior with beige walls and an exposed wood-beam ceiling. Glass doors at back right let in light, and a framed doorway at center reveals a hint of a staircase. Upholstered wooden furniture and decorative elements have been placed throughout, and a chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

A35: California Living Room, c. 1935-1940, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of pen and brown ink, with colored crayons and charcoal applied with stump, over graphite, on blue-gray laid paper (discolored to brown).

Study for La Coiffure, 1906

Pablo Picasso

Stately interior with cream walls and high ceilings. At left is a fireplace with a large military portrait painting above it; at right are two large windows lined with dark curtains. Modern and metallic decorative elements, including a distinctive screen panel and coffee table, mix with more traditional, antique pieces.

E-15: English Drawing Room of the Modern Period, 1930s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Ornate interior with cream walls and dark wood floors. At left is a large window with blue curtains; at right is a fireplace with tall mirror. Gilded upholstered furniture and decorative elements, including numerous framed portraits, fill the room. A crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

E-21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740-60, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Porcelain plate with polychrome enamel decorations of foods and flowers, hunting and fishing scenes, embraced by Saldanha de Albuquerque arms and swag.

Plate, 1760/70

A work made of gelatin silver print with applied coloring.

A Picture Library, 1916

Wallace Nutting

A work made of illustrated with photographs and diagrams, two-color decorated wrappers, housed within modern gilt-lettered leather box.

De Toegepaste kunsten in Nederland (The Applied Arts in the Netherlands), 1932-1935

Richard Roland Holst