A36: California Living Room, 1850-1875

c. 1940

This miniature living room is based on the Casa Soberanes, an adobe house built in 1842. Part of the Monterey Historic State Park in California, it was opened to the public as a historic home in the early twentieth century. Narcissa Thorne was an avid visitor to such historic houses, and she sought to evoke the same history and nostalgia in her designs. The furniture here recalls the weighty mahogany items families transported across the country as they moved out West in the mid-19th century.

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

Artist: Narcissa Niblack Thorne (Designer)
Title: A36: California Living Room, 1850-1875
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 1937–1940
Medium: Miniature room, mixed media
Dimensions: Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 25.4 × 55.9 × 41.3 cm (10 × 22 × 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Reference Number: 1942.516
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