E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century

c. 1937

“This bedroom of a country house in Normandy represents the provincial interpretation of the style of Louis XV,” wrote Mrs. Thorne. She intended this interior to show the way in which a growing middle class outside of Paris adapted some of the innovations in comfort and style characteristic of Louis XV’s reign for their relatively modest homes. A striving for beauty is demonstrated in the richly carved armoire against the left wall and in the sprigged wallpaper supplementing the paneling of the back wall.

Status: On View, Gallery 11
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Narcissa Niblack Thorne (Designer)
Title: E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century
Place: United States (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1932–1937
Medium: Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions: Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 27.9 × 49.5 × 44.5 cm (11 × 19 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Reference Number: 1941.1207
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Fannia Weingartner and Bruce Hatton Boyer, Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2004), cat. no. 22, pp. 76-77 (ill.).

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