CIA-RDP96-00792ROO070037 9901-0 h Phyfe pieces are interming e wi ma og- any furnishings copied from Metropolitan Museum of Art collections. Tiny blue-and- white delft pottery items, a little Toby jug, and ivory-handled cutlery are perfect in their resemblance to real-life counterparts. When Mrs. Thorne first assembled her treasures into their proper groupings, there were 29 scenes in all. In 1962, the Dulin acquired nine rooms from the original set of Thorne Miniatures, be- coming the only gallery in the Southeast to own part of the collection. Other rooms 77777777~7 may be seen in Phoenix and Chicago. The miniature rooms are only part of the Dulin's story, though. Down the gallery's winding staircase with its red velvet handrail is an elegant entry foyer, with rooms shooting off in four directions. Here. the works of masters are rotated out tue peopie oi &noxvine nave goLLen At Knoxville's Dulin Gallery of Art, it's patterns, everyday remn4 nts of lacy to know and admire the house. Mrs. Dulin hard to resist the temptation to press your wrought iron, and even colorful box tops proudly entertained there--one diarist of nose right up against the glass of the that could be made into important details the era reported that the newly completed Thorne Miniature, Rooms exhibit. Here, of the period rooms. When reality failed home was known to all as the "exposition every inch represents a foot. There are her, imagination took over. You'll see that palace." Following her death in 1961, Mrs. railings to lean against as you study the tiny some curtains are actually delicate linen Dulin's heirs decided to truly carry out the details. There are even step stools. for handkerchiefs. A rug here 4nd there was exposition palace theme, opening the young visitors to stand on. Obviously, the snipped from a petit point evening bag. A building to East Tennesseans for use as a gallery encourages these moments of look- statuesque bust, poised atop a pedestal regional art center, Today, Eugenia Bell ing, moments that are worth the effort. base, was once the ivory chess queen on a Dulin's portrait occupies a prominent spot The mood in this upstairs room of the game board, And the candles are just tips in the home she loved, greeting visitors Dulin brings back memories of childhood of kitchen toothpicks, painted white. and seeming tosense their delight as they dollhouses. But this is art, or more specifi- It's almost impossible tonsingle out the wander through its collections of art. cally, it is a study of various eras of Ameri- improvised appointments from the many can and European decorative styles. You items skillfully created by master crafts- see a Federal dining room, a Victorian men. Stunning scaled-down'reproductions parlor, a New England bedroom, an of Chinese Chippendale and Duncan American summer kitchen, and even a room from 16th-century Spain. The range is broad. And so was the collecti F- 7 miniature furniture and accessories assem- bled by Mrs. James Ward Thorne, the woman whose hobby led to the creation of these tiny rooms in the early 1930's Mrs. Thorne always thought in terms, although the impact of her minia- ture rooms is grand. As a child, she doted on dollhouses. As a young girl, she col- lected 18th-century furniture samples, themselves executed in miniature so trav- eling salesmen could easily display their lines. And as an adult traveler, Mrs. Thorne scoured both sides of the Atlantic for anything of diminutive proportions: an- A miniature look atan American summer kitchen of the late 1800's shows such details as a good 'b(p6Vcaal-~6igVe. Photographs: Kim McRae tique miniahmmr(MClf fab~ lq*lftSLJFo26W/t)8y1r1h, tfgd .p U0 00700370001-0 40 Southern Living Approved For Release 2000/08/11 To learn more, write the Dulin Gallery of Art, 3100 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919; or call (615) 525-6101. CIA-RDP96-00792ROO070037 9901-0 h Phyfe pieces are interming e wi ma og- any furnishings copied from Metropolitan Museum of Art collections. Tiny blue-and- white delft pottery items, a little Toby jug, and ivory-handled cutlery are perfect in their resemblance to real-life counterparts. When Mrs. Thorne first assembled her treasures into their proper groupings, there were 29 scenes in all. In 1962, the Dulin acquired nine rooms from the original set of Thorne Miniatures, be- coming the only gallery in the Southeast to own part of the collection. Other rooms 77777777~7 may be seen in Phoenix and Chicago. The miniature rooms are only part of the Dulin's story, though. Down the gallery's winding staircase with its red velvet handrail is an elegant entry foyer, with rooms shooting off in four directions. Here. the works of masters are rotated out tue peopie oi &noxvine nave goLLen At Knoxville's Dulin Gallery of Art, it's patterns, everyday remn4 nts of lacy to know and admire the house. Mrs. Dulin hard to resist the temptation to press your wrought iron, and even colorful box tops proudly entertained there--one diarist of nose right up against the glass of the that could be made into important details the era reported that the newly completed Thorne Miniature, Rooms exhibit. Here, of the period rooms. When reality failed home was known to all as the "exposition every inch represents a foot. There are her, imagination took over. You'll see that palace." Following her death in 1961, Mrs. railings to lean against as you study the tiny some curtains are actually delicate linen Dulin's heirs decided to truly carry out the details. There are even step stools. for handkerchiefs. A rug here 4nd there was exposition palace theme, opening the young visitors to stand on. Obviously, the snipped from a petit point evening bag. A building to East Tennesseans for use as a gallery encourages these moments of look- statuesque bust, poised atop a pedestal regional art center, Today, Eugenia Bell ing, moments that are worth the effort. base, was once the ivory chess queen on a Dulin's portrait occupies a prominent spot The mood in this upstairs room of the game board, And the candles are just tips in the home she loved, greeting visitors Dulin brings back memories of childhood of kitchen toothpicks, painted white. and seeming tosense their delight as they dollhouses. But this is art, or more specifi- It's almost impossible tonsingle out the wander through its collections of art. cally, it is a study of various eras of Ameri- improvised appointments from the many can and European decorative styles. You items skillfully created by master crafts- see a Federal dining room, a Victorian men. Stunning scaled-down'reproductions parlor, a New England bedroom, an of Chinese Chippendale and Duncan American summer kitchen, and even a room from 16th-century Spain. The range is broad. And so was the collecti F- 7 miniature furniture and accessories assem- bled by Mrs. James Ward Thorne, the woman whose hobby led to the creation of these tiny rooms in the early 1930's Mrs. Thorne always thought in terms, although the impact of her minia- ture rooms is grand. As a child, she doted on dollhouses. As a young girl, she col- lected 18th-century furniture samples, themselves executed in miniature so trav- eling salesmen could easily display their lines. And as an adult traveler, Mrs. Thorne scoured both sides of the Atlantic for anything of diminutive proportions: an- A miniature look atan American summer kitchen of the late 1800's shows such details as a good 'b(p6Vcaal-~6igVe. Photographs: Kim McRae tique miniahmmr(MClf fab~ lq*lftSLJFo26W/t)8y1r1h, tfgd .p U0 00700370001-0 40 Southern Living Approved For Release 2000/08/11 To learn more, write the Dulin Gallery of Art, 3100 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919; or call (615) 525-6101.