Discover in our Cabinet of Curiosities and Naturalia section the intriguing spirit and charm of travel diaries from the end of the 19th century, cabinets of curiosities, entomology and botany in order to create a unique Cabinet of Curiosities decoration.

All the unusual objects, curiosities, intriguing items that you discover at Arteslonga are either exclusive pieces or limited editions carefully chosen for a unique cabinet of curiosities decoration.

Discover a very fine selection of Entomology, Science and Naturalia: Arteslonga regularly enriches its entomological collection: colorful butterflies, beetles, crickets and stick insects... there is something for everyone! For your decorative cabinet of curiosities, discover magnificent butterfly frames, multicolored butterflies under globes, astonishing collector's boxes of insects from the tropical forests of Asia: stick insects and locusts in jade green.

The principle of the cabinet of curiosities disappeared during the 19th century, replaced by official institutions and private collections. These still played a major role in certain scientific disciplines such as entomology or conchology.

A cabinet of curiosities was a place where collected objects were stored and exhibited, with a certain taste for the heterogeneous and the unusual. In these cabinets of curiosities, medals, antiquities, natural history objects (such as stuffed animals, dried insects, shells, skeletons, shells, herbaria, fossils) or works of art were commonly found. art.

The work of display aims to "unfold" an insect like a butterfly to dry it, so that it then maintains the position that we want to give it. Insects are pricked with pins on stalls, made of wood or foam. It is a job that requires considerable attention to detail and patience, because insects are extremely fragile.

Appearing during the Renaissance in Europe, cabinets of curiosities (Italian studiolo) are the ancestor of museums and museums. Both private (individual collections) and public (institutional collections of veterinary schools, faculties of medicine), cabinets of curiosities have played a fundamental role in the development of modern science even if they keep track of the popular beliefs of the time (it was not uncommon to find dried dragon's blood or skeletons of mythical animals). The publication of catalogs which made an often illustrated inventory of them, made it possible to distribute the contents of the cabinets of curiosities to European scholars.

The principle of the cabinet of curiosities disappeared during the 19th century, replaced by official institutions and private collections. These still played a major role in certain scientific disciplines such as entomology or conchology.

Disappeared in the course of the 19th century, the cabinet of curiosities resurfaced in our interiors. For lovers of entomology collections, these curiosities and unusual objects are a must, creating an atmosphere and a style of decoration cabinet of curiosities unique and full of charm.

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