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Porcelain bowl with scalloped rim decorated with flowers, fruits and gold bandings.

Bowl, c. 1780

Porzellanmanufaktur Frankenthal

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A13: New England Bedroom, 1750-1850, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-29: English Roman Catholic Church in the Gothic Style, 1275-1300, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of silver gilt over a wooden core; foot: copper gilt.

Altar Cross, c. 1325; foot: 15th century

Miniature Georgian-era dining room with pale green walls, ornate white trim, long glass table.

E-10: English Dining Room of the Georgian Period, 1770-90, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Replica of a sitting room with pale-blue walls and a wave-patterned wallpaper border. Heavy red velvet curtains on the center wall frame two tall windows, between which hangs a painting of a woman in a gold frame. A beige stone fireplace is at left, an open arched doorway at right.

E-28: German Sitting Room of the Biedermeier Period, 1815-50, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Earthenware plate is ornate with flowers painted in red, blue, lilac, yellow, and green. Golden band decorates the scalloped rim.

Plate, c. 1770

Veuve Perrin Manaufactory

A work made of linen, plain gauze weave; embroidered with silk floss and linen in double running, stem, weaving, and buttonhole stitches; applied silk tassels at each corner.

Sampler, 17th century

A small-scale room in gold and brown tones with several partial latticed wood walls leading back to a Buddhist altar.

E-30: Chinese Interior, Traditional, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Scale miniature of a rustic but refined kitchen with a varnished wooden table at center and one chair. A dark wooden chest sits beneath the window at left, a spinning wheel in the left back corner. In the right corner is an ornately carved door adjacent to a staircase. Metal plates line a wide hearth.

A17: Pennsylvania Kitchen, 1752, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature of an ornate room with red walls and white and gold trim, a large fireplace at center, and black and white checkered flooring. Two armchairs flank a window on the left side. Three large painted portraits in golden frames hang on the back wall. There is a small table directly in front of the fireplace.

E-3: English Reception Room of the Jacobean Period, 1625-55, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of chrome-plated steel, replacement american shorthorn upholstery, leather, and painted metal.

Chaise Longue, Designed 1928, made about 1933

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

Miniature of a very dark, ornate bedroom with a partially canopied green bed at center, brown parquet flooring, and deep brown and golden wallpaper. A gold chandelier hangs in the center, and two dark-brown cupboards sit on either side of the room. On the right is also a white and brown fireplace.

E-17: French Bedroom, Late 16th Century, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Deceit

Deceit, 1987

Mark Morrisroe

A work made of steel, gilding, brass, and leather.

Infantry Armor and Targe (Shield), 1590/1600

Miniature of a cozy living room and kitchen in rich maple-colored wood tones, hardwood floors and wood paneling on the walls, a large brick fireplace and stove on the right. A cupboard on the back wall contains silver plates and mugs.

A1: Massachusetts Living Room and Kitchen, 1675-1700, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of hard-paste biscuit porcelain and silver.

Centerpiece: The Scarf Dance (Surtout: Le jeu de l'écharpe), 1901/02

Manufacture nationale de Sèvres

A miniature room with yellow walls, inset pillars, and an ornate cabinet centered on the far wall. At room's center, a large chandelier hangs over a small table with two upholstered chairs.

A14: Pennsylvania Drawing Room, 1834-36, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of earthenware, transfer-printed (creamware).

Plate, 1800/50

Creil Pottery

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

Elephant Candelabrum Vase (Vase à Tête d'Eléphant), c. 1757–58

Jean-Claude Duplessis