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Miniature room featuring walls decorated with a tropical landscape, a spiral staircase, a crystal chandelier, and two rugs.

A31: Tennessee Entrance Hall, 1835, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature room featuring wide-plank hardwood floors, round hooked rugs, simple wooden furnishings, and a wood-burning stove. The window frames and door frames are painted green, while the walls are a light butter yellow.

A18: Shaker Living Room, c. 1800, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

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

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

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

Miniature scale model of a large, furnished white-walled room with ornamental moulding, wooden flooring, upholstered wooden chairs, and a large decorative carpet in the floor's center.

A11: Rhode Island Parlor, c. 1820, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature room with two tall windows framing a small Cubist painting and a fireplace, two golden scuptures set before the windows. At right, a small red couch is flanked by two Lucite chairs. At left, an open glass door is flanked by oak chaises with red cushions. A plush cream rug fills the space.

A37: California Hallway, c. 1940, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A5: Massachusetts Drawing Room, 1768, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A12: Cape Cod Living Room, 1750-1850, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A15: New York Parlor, 1850-70, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

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

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

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

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 miniature room, mixed media.

A16: Pennsylvania Drawing Room, 1761, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A19: Maryland Dining Room, 1770-74, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A29: South Carolina Ballroom, 1775-1835, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A32: Louisiana Bedroom, 1800-50, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A27: Virginia Kitchen, 18th Century, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A26: Virginia Dining Room, c. 1800, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne