Description
| Product ID: | 9789401442725 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | BE |
| Title: | Wunderkammer |
| Subtitle: | An Exotic Journey Through Time |
| Authors: | Author: Thijs Demeulemeester |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Decorative arts, Decorative arts, Furniture design, Architecture: interior design, Furniture design, Professional interior design |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating With full illustrations in a contemporary layout, this book is a Wunderkammer (a cabinet of curiosity) in itself, offering inspiration to budding collectors. Wunderkammern are showing up everywhere these days. Design webshops, expos, interior design stores: they all try to bring back the memory of the century-old tradition of Wunderkammer, or ''the Cabinet of Curiosities''. This book is a Wunderkammer in itself, showcasing the most beautiful exotica, which explorers and adventurous merchants brought back from all over the world for rich collectors. Be amazed by beautiful seashells, stuffed animals, sculptured ostrich eggs, botanical drawings, ''dragons'' preserved in formaldehyde, and bewildering Indiana Jones-like stories. A fascinating New World presented itself to them, and in this book, you''ll see it through their eyes. |
| Imprint Name: | Lannoo Publishers |
| Publisher Name: | Lannoo Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-09-27 |