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Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of ChicagoThe 68 miniature rooms conceived by Mrs. James Ward Thorne of Chicago and constructed between 1937 and 1940 have intrigued and delighted generations of visitors to the Art Institute. Take an armchair tour of interiors from the 16th century through the 1930s and American furnishings from the 17th century to 1940all are insight fully presented and chronicled in this revised edition. Hardcover 184 pages with 162 illustrations. About the Thorne Rooms at

The 68 miniature rooms conceived by Mrs. James Ward Thorne of Chicago and constructed between 1937 and 1940 have intrigued and delighted generations of visitors to the Art Institute. Take an armchair tour of interiors from the 16th century through the 1930s and American furnishings from the 17th century to 1940—all are insight-fully presented and chronicled in this revised edition.

Hardcover | 184 pages with 162 illustrations.

About the Thorne Rooms at Phoenix Art Museum: The Thorne Rooms represent a fascinating world in miniature. Visitors to Phoenix Art Museum have long been fascinated and delighted by the detail and precision with which very small artworks can be made. The Thorne Miniature Rooms represent a world in miniscule. Created at an exacting scale of one inch to one foot, several of the rooms replicate actual rooms found in the United States and Europe, while the remainder were inspired by the architecture and interior design of their respective periods and countries.

These rooms were conceived, designed, and in large part crafted by Narcissa Niblack Thorne (1882-1966). An Indiana native, Thorne began to collect miniature furniture and household accessories during her travels to England and Asia shortly after the turn of the 20th century.

Beginning in 1930, Thorne commissioned interiors scenes to contain her growing collection of miniature objects. At their tiny scale, some of the rooms even contain period-style rugs Thorne had woven specifically for each space. Thorne and the craftsmen with whom she worked completed nearly 100 rooms. Her hope was that perfectly proportioned rooms in miniature could substitute for costly and space-consuming full-scale period rooms that museums across the country were beginning to acquire. They also reflect the architectural revivals popular amongst wealthy patrons for their homes, and publicized in the shelter magazines of the period.

The original 30 Thorne Miniature Rooms were displayed at the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition and they gained national attention when featured in a 1940 LIFE Magazine article. In 1962, Thorne donated 20 of the original 30 rooms to a fledgling Phoenix Art Museum, then celebrating its third anniversary, and the rooms have been on view since that time. 


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