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Cabinet of Curiosities

Cabinet of Curiosities

The cabinets of curiosities are real little scientific museums which aimed to introduce people to the world, and in particular the distant world, at a time when airplanes did not exist.

Cabinets of curiosities appeared during the Renaissance, in the second half of the 16th century; a time when we move to another phase of natural sciences, until then based on Aristotle and his metaphysical approach: until the end of the Middle Ages, we consider that there is a natural order, and that it is regulated .

The scientists of the Renaissance, for their part, tried to understand, classify, bring all this scattered data, a little fanciful at times, into a more rational framework, which combines technique (discovery of the astrolabe and multiple instruments... ) to science.

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  • Stevenson Chest of Drawers

    €3,000.00

    The Stevenson chest of drawers, reissue of an 18th century English "Chippendale" style chest of drawers, it has an original top with a clover pattern in the corners and has 3 drawers decorated with locks and handles with an acanthus pattern.

    This chest of drawers-desk has a sliding shelf on which is engraved the maxim: "Whoever you are, here is your master... He is, was or must be", decorated with an old Tarot card with the effigy of Love referring to it.

    Very beautiful chest of drawers with its exceptional handmade aged patina, blue color.

    An extremely elegant chest of drawers.

    Three drawers with chiseled and sculpted brass handles and locks with acanthus motif.

    A limited edition chest of drawers with impeccable craftsmanship. A piece of great beauty.

    Patina: wear, wood pitted by worms.

  • Chest of Drawers Reissue from the 17th Century

    €3,240.00

    Reissue of a chest of drawers called "Crossbow" from the 17th century, made of Mindi wood.

    It has an original and opulent top with a clover pattern in the corners.

    It is paneled on the sides, has 3 drawers decorated with locks and beautiful Chinese motif handles, like many at the time.

    Very beautiful patina with a gray wood effect.

    Very beautiful chest of drawers with its exceptional handmade aged patina.

    An extremely elegant chest of drawers.

    A limited edition chest of drawers with impeccable craftsmanship. A piece of great beauty.

  • Secretary-Desk "The Clever", XIXth style

    €1,800.00

    Secretary-Desk furniture of XIXeme period style. Magnificent achievement for this furniture of character with its old patina.

  • Large Statuette, H63,5cm, Etruscan Art

    €460.00

    Large statuette presenting a reproduction of an "Ombra della Sera", a masterpiece of Etruscan Art dating from the 3rd century BC. BC, from ancient foundries in the Volterra region of Italy, and preserved at the Guarnacci Museum.

    The story goes that Giacometti, in love with these statuettes, was inspired by them to design his emblematic sculptures.

    Its workshop bronze patina gives it a warm and authentic appearance.

    Material: bronze finish metal.

    A very beautiful contemporary artisanal work for this beautiful object of Art.

    For a refined and eternal interior decoration.

  • Toucans Engravings Made by Collages

    €2,990.00
    A pair of magnificent Toucans engravings made from collages of old juxtaposed engravings which are previously hand painted. 
    A magnificent artisanal work of remarkable finesse executed in Italy according to an ancestral process. 
    Within each frame an atmosphere is created by a juxtaposition of exquisite hand engravings which are engraved and printed on vintage presses from the 1800s.
    Each image is printed in black and white, individually hand colored with gouache and in watercolor then cut out. 
    Superb and one of a kind.
  • Stevenson Chest of Drawers

    €3,000.00

    The Stevenson chest of drawers, reissue of an 18th century English "Chippendale" style chest of drawers, it has an original top with a clover pattern in the corners and has 3 drawers decorated with locks and handles with an acanthus pattern.

    This chest of drawers-desk has a sliding shelf on which is engraved the maxim: "Whoever you are, here is your master... He is, was or must be", decorated with an old Tarot card with the effigy of Love referring to it.

    Very beautiful chest of drawers with its exceptional handmade aged patina, blue color.

    An extremely elegant chest of drawers.

    Three drawers with chiseled and sculpted brass handles and locks with acanthus motif.

    A limited edition chest of drawers with impeccable craftsmanship. A piece of great beauty.

    Patina: wear, wood pitted by worms.

  • Emperor Blue Butterfly in Round Reliquary

    €312.00

    A large Blue Emperor butterfly This Australian giant comes from Papua New Guinea, but it can be encountered from Australia - where it is the emblem of Queensland - to the Solomon Islands. The male Papilio Ulysses is so attracted to blue that we can see him "jumping" on a blue t-shirt or a blue plastic bag...

  • Colombian Blue Morpho Cypris Butterlies

    €920.00

    Superb Morpho Cypris butterflies from South America (Colombia).

    Presented in a beautiful black double-sided rectangular beveled glass box in the cabinet of curiosities style.

    This leaves the possibility of appreciating the two very different faces of this very beautiful butterfly which has not undergone any modification: one metallic blue face, the other which imitates bird eyes in order to frighten predators, clever!

    All Morpho butterflies have blue colors with metallic highlights, but among this large family that lives in South America, the male Morpho Cypris is the most beautiful.

    Its metallic reflections are a deep blue.

    You can't walk alongside this presentation without being captivated!

    These butterflies reside in the canopy of the humid forests of Colombia, and when it closes its wings, it once again becomes the champion of stealth.

  • copy of Night Light Interioro , Italy, h61cm

    €750.00

    Night light lamp representing a Giraffe and friends in the Jungle, 64cm high by 40cm wide.

     

    A wonderful handcrafted decorative lamp, Italy.

     

    A magnificent artisanal work of remarkable finesse.

    Giraffe and his friends explore their new home in one of our light boxes full of poetry.

    Entirely made by hand in the workshop, these creations can bring comfort to young and old alike on a dark night in the dark!

    In each lamp, an atmosphere or landscape is created by a juxtaposition of exquisite hand engravings that are engraved and printed on antique presses from the 1800s. Each image is printed in black and white, cut out and then colored by hand in gouache and watercolor.

     

    The handmade and sculpted frame is made of black patinated tulipwood. The frame is decorated on top with baroque style angel wings, Renaissance period (which can possibly be removed).

     

    A marvel of refinement, pure escape.

     

    This entirely handcrafted lamp which is made exclusively to order.

  • Panoramic Marine Ink H330 x L675cm

    €520.00

    Panoramic Marine Ink H330cm x L 675cm

    Ink drawing is the name of this monochrome technique which has enormous depth.

    This panoramic is 6.75 meters long without repeats.

    It is planned to be 3.3 meters high (but you can remove part of the height) and consists of 3 rolls (75cm x 990cm roll).

    A roll consists of 3 panels of 75cm x 330cm.

    But you may want an empty ocean that you fill with your frames or paintings, as in the different photos or with just 3 jellyfish, as in the photo.

    This decorative panel has been patiently designed with 4 species of jellyfish, but you can decide how many you want to suit your decor.

  • 13 Blue Butterflies under Brass Globe

    €840.00

    These 13 blue butterflies come from the rainforests at the base of the Andes in Peru. What they all have in common is this mixture of black velvet and shades of blue on their wings. They are members of the Nymphalidae family. Among them, the Naeocles Jucunda live in the canopy of these forests, others like the Panacea Prola like to lounge on the banks of rivers, even in light rain. This Peruvian cocktail is presented under a round globe with a brass base.

  • Red Gorgon on Brass Base H32x50cm

    €348.00

    Red gorgon on a brass base.

    Red gorgonians (Acabaria biserialis) line the rocky slopes between 20 and 100 meters deep. It is necessary to use a flashlight to appreciate their brilliance, because at this depth, the red appears dark blue.

    Attached perpendicular to their support, the colonized polyp branches filter the water with the current to capture the micro-organisms in suspension.

    Gorgonians, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. Each polyp has 8 tentacles which filter the plankton and consume it. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonine do not grow towards the sun (it does not require light to develop) but perpendicular to the current, so as to filter a maximum of water flow.

    A very beautiful decorative object.

  • Blue Lotus Engravings, Set of 2

    €680.00

    A set of two beautiful prints of magnificent large blue lotuses.

    Engravings with blue marie-louis and very beautiful frame with black wood ornamentation and silver edging.

    Glass size: 50x70cm

    The lotus is an aquatic plant whose flower is magnificent and which is magnified in these two large engravings in a beautiful blue color. This particular tone of blue has earned it the name of a shade, azure tending to sky blue: caeruleum blue (ceruleum).

    The blue lotus is actually a water lily.

    Although it bears the name Lotus, the Blue Lotus (in Latin Nymphaea caerulea Savigny) is actually a water lily.

    This aquatic plant grows on the edges of lakes and stagnant waters.

    Today, it has almost completely disappeared from the Nile region and it is cultivated mainly in Asia (China and Thailand).

    The blue lotus belongs to the family Nymphaeaceae (water lily family), group Apocarpiae, subgenus Brachyceras, and forms and subspecies None (cf. Slocum et al. 1996).

    Lotuses were the most widely cultivated ritual plants in ancient Egypt. They grew wild and had also been planted in artificial bodies of water (Hugonot 1992).

    The blue lotus was considered a sacred plant. The god of immortality and resurrection Nefertum was represented as a young man or a lion whose hair was decorated with a blue lotus flower. He offered the flower to the sun god Ra, to relieve the pain in his old body. The Egyptians especially appreciated their enchanting scent of hyacinth, their symbolism and probably also their intoxicating effects...

    Lotus buds and flowers were popular head and hair ornaments. The garlands placed in the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1223 B.C.E.) were almost entirely composed of white and blue lotus flowers (Germer 1988). Many buds, petals and garlands have been found as decoration for mummies or as funerary objects.

    In ancient Egypt, the blue lotus was closely linked to the concepts of the afterlife and rebirth. The flower represents enlightenment and the awakened consciousness of the deceased; it is “this lotus flower which shines in the earth” (Book of the Dead, chapter 174, line 30; cf. Dassow 1994).

    In the myth of the battle between Horus and Seth, the lotus flower appears as a symbol of the divine all-seeing eye: when Seth found Horus resting under a tree in an oasis, he plucked out both his eyes and buried them in the sand. After which they transformed into lotus flowers.

    Lotuses are rustic aquatic plants of absolute beauty, vigorous and imposing and can grow anywhere in France!

  • Anamorphosis Napoleon Bonaparte under Globe

    €480.00

    Anamorphosis Napoleon Bonaparte under Globe

    Anamorphosis was born from the work on perspective by Piero della Francesca, a Florentine painter and mathematician of the Quattrocento.

    This Art of secret perspective allows, thanks to a “trompe-l’oeil” technique, to create an impression of reality by restoring a 3rd dimension.

    We were inspired by this technique to create Anamorphoses-Butterflies: at first glance, the eye is charmed by a colorful and poetic flight of butterflies... then suddenly, the unexpected image springs out and reveals itself to the viewer and doubles it perception appears.

    In reality, a master painting serves as a motif for the butterflies, while the butterfly recreates a master painting...

    Presented under a glass globe, so that this anamorphosis does not disperse on your walls!