Theater of the Dance Macabre - Dance of Death
Victorian miniature theater
Entirely handmade in France
Theater of the Dance of Death
A miniature Gothic theater inspired by the dance of death and Victorian cabinets of curiosities.
Entirely handmade in Compiègne, France, using mixed techniques (printing, cutting, assembly).
First, the sets are hand-painted and then reproduced by printing on MDF elements.
The Théâtre de la Danse Macabre is inspired by Victorian paper theaters, entertainment objects that enlivened European salons in the 19th century. Here, the universe is revisited through the prism of romantic Gothic, memento mori, and cabinets of curiosities.
The richly decorated sets, scarlet curtains, and skeletal figures dressed in red evoke the tradition of the danse macabre, or dance of death, an artistic motif from the late Middle Ages reminding us of the fragility of human life.
The danse macabre is a sarabande that mixes the dead and the living, highlighting the vanity of social distinctions that fate mocks.
Fate reaps the rich pope as well as the poor priest, the emperor as well as the mercenary soldier. It is a moral lesson addressed to the living to reflect on our condition, comforting the poorest and teaching the greatest that no one is above the law.
Made in France, this collectible paper theater is carefully cut and printed before being assembled by hand. It can be displayed in a collector's showcase, incorporated into a cabinet of curiosities, or used as a Gothic-inspired decorative object in a library.
The characters and interior decorations are movable, so you can change the layout.
Materials: High-quality MDF, pigment inks, wood
Sold in its box
Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History
By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds
Birds Eggs - In colour
Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone
Papuan handicraft
Ref B
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
RED color
Painted botanical plate - Cryptogamy
Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel
Published in 1846
Atlas of Natural History - Botany
Cryptogamy
The Skull and its Octopus
The skull is made of tamarind wood and the octopus is carved from deer antler, an assembly of carved pieces of deer antler. Articulated jaws and deer antler teeth.
Origin: Indonesia
Sold WITHOUT glass bell
Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century
Botany plate by Édouard-Adolphe Duchesne
From the Atlas du Répertoire des plantes utiles et des plantes du globe published in 1846
19th-century color lithograph
Plate - Antique natural history engraving in color
XIXth century
botany - mushroom - snake - bird
Fish - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century
In color. birds.
Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History
By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds
In colour.
Buffalo horn sculpture
Mammoths
Provenance: Indonesia - Unique piece
Fuck La Mite (Fuck the moth) by Marius in Paris
Lavender mothproofing Amulet
Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel
Botanical plate
Published in 1846
Atlas of Natural History - Botany
Phanerogamy
Theater of the Dance Macabre - Dance of Death
Victorian miniature theater
Entirely handmade in France
