SheWalksSoftly

This image search was inspired by MoMa’s current exhibit Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities. I truly hope I can make it to MoMa before the show closes.

Vintage:

And some modern takes on the subject:

Rust, dust and dolls…

Cabinet of Sculptural Crochet!

I never realized that years before I knew what the word Wunderkammer meant, I was quite busy cultivating one of my own in the form of a very eclectic toy shelf (now packed with oddities of all types).

Traditionally…

Cabinets of curiosities (also known as Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, or wonder-rooms) were encyclopedic collections of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Modern science would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings) and antiquities. -Wiki

Many of my hopeful travel destinations revolve around where I can find some of the best “Cabinets” in the world. I love the aesthetic of encased organized chaos.

I’d like to create some mini cabinets of curiosities to give away. They would make stellar gifts for about .00125% of the population.

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