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A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

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

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature dining room, with white walls, wood-beamed ceilings, fireplace in the right corner, and a central table set with food.

A34: New Mexico Dining Room, c. 1940, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature room with dark wood floors, white wood-paneled walls, blue curtains, colonial furniture.

A28: South Carolina Drawing Room, 1775-1800, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature dining room with dark wood floors, dark wooden furniture, walls decorated with floral paintings.

A20: Virginia Dining Room, 1758, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature aristocratic home sitting room beige paneled walls; chandelier; and wooden, upholstered furniture.

A21: Virginia Parlor, 1758-87, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature version of a large entryway in a stately home, with front door open, dark wood floors, wood-paneled walls with portraiture, a floral rug, and wooden furniture.

A24: Virginia Entrance Hall, 1751-55, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature upper-class room, with dark wood floors, marble fireplace, and walls covered in decorative, light blue paneling. The room contains wooden furniture, upholstered chairs, and a large rug.

A23: Virginia Drawing Room, 1754, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature parlor with two rooms divided by a wall opening. There is a large chandelier, gold-gilded frames and mirrors, and red and yellow upholstered wooden furniture.

A30: Georgia Double Parlor, c. 1850, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature parlor with low ceilings, hardwood floors, fireplace, and back wall with cherry-colored wood paneling. Room is full with mismatched, upholstered wooden furniture.

A2: New Hampshire Parlor, c. 1710, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature drawing room with wood-paneled walls, chandelier, carpet in the center, desk, chimney, and concave mirror.

A25: Virginia Drawing Room, 1755, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature dining room with white walls and ceiling, wooden floor, dark wood chairs and table with rose-colored fabric.

A22: Virginia Dining Room, c. 1752, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature parlor room with green walls, carpeted floor, gothic-like window, and wooden furniture.

A33: "Middletown" Parlor, 1875-90, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-7: English Drawing Room of the Early Georgian Period, 1730s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

The face of a middle-aged woman with short, tousled hair, a square jaw, an expressionless, small mouth, and searching eyes.

Artist's Mother, 1920

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

A work made of pen and black ink, with touches of brush and gray wash, on green wove paper.

Sketches of Patmos, Sardis, Obelisk of Heliopolis, n.d.

Unknown artist

Miniature dining room with light gray walls, elaborate decorative molding, gold and glass chandelier, and gold gilt furniture.

E-23: French Dining Room of the Periods of Louis XV and Louis XIV, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of mahogany and white pine, with mahogany, birch, and maple veneers.

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase, 1800–10

Artist unknown

Charcoal drawing of young woman wearing headscarf, staring out expressionless.

The Artist's Mother, 1926 or 1936

Arshile Gorky

Among potted flowers and lush foliage, a tiny child in a white dress plays with a hoop. A woman peers at the child from an ivy-covered building at right.

The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873

Claude Monet

A work made of brush and brown wash over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid card (recto/verso).

Madonna and Child (recto), and Fragment of Woman's Torso (verso), 1800/25

Unknown artist

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