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
Skull and octopus
Sculpture on deer antlers
Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla - Zodiac
Italy crafts
A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.
There remains Sagittarius
Anatomie de L'Homme - 1831
Anatomy of Man
Volume 2 with its black and white Atlas - 99 lithography
By Dr Bourgery and the illustrator Jacob
Deer antler sculpture - Octopus on trunk - On pedestal
Material : Antler
Origin: Indonesia
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
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
BLUE color
Anatomie de L'Homme - circa 1845
Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of nutrition - Angelology - Organs of circulation and respiration
Followed by his Atlas in black and white
By Dr. Bourgery and illustrator Jacob
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
RED color
Double skeleton
Sculpture on deer antlers
Unique piece
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
Entomological shattering at La Beauchêne under glass case
Chrysochroa buqueti - the jewel beetle
The red speckled jewel beetle
By La Thanatothèque
Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Clastic Mannequin - Dr. Auzoux's anatomical skinned
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Deer antler wood sculpture - Octopus on pedestal
Material : Antler
Origin: Indonesia
Plate - Antique natural history engraving in color
XIXth century
botany - mushroom - snake - bird
Theater of the Dance Macabre - Dance of Death
Victorian miniature theater
Entirely handmade in France
