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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
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United States / c. 1940

A10: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1795

A10: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1795

Look closely at A10: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1795. 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.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

What detail would you point out to someone seeing this for the first time? The Art Institute dates A10: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1795 to c. 1940.

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A CLOSER LOOK

Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882–1966 made this miniature room. The museum dates it c. 1940.

The original museum record has the full image, attribution, and catalog details. Return to the work after reading its record and see what you notice.

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Art Institute of ChicagoA10: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1795

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