CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

The masters of natural history, for your wall

The old world’s book of wonders.

Cabinet of Curiosities curates museum-grade reproductions of public-domain botanical, celestial, natural-history, and cartographic plates — drawn from the world’s open-access collections and printed to outlast you.

5 collections · 69 plates · museum-grade archival print

Every piece a faithful record.

We don’t invent the wonder — we curate it. Every plate in this cabinet began as a real museum-held work, cleared for reproduction, and printed to the standard the original deserves.

What the cabinet holds

The rooms in the old world's book of wonders.

Gloriosa Superba
Gloriosa Superba
Erica Fulgida
Erica Fulgida
Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle
Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle
Hyacinths
Hyacinths
The Blue Egyptian Water Lily
The Blue Egyptian Water Lily
Rosa Damascena Aurora
Rosa Damascena Aurora
Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis
Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis
The Dragon Arum
The Dragon Arum
The Night-Blowing Cereus
The Night-Blowing Cereus
Orchidae
Orchidae
The Large Sunflower
The Large Sunflower
Marsh Marigold, with Companions
Marsh Marigold, with Companions
Garden Parsley
Garden Parsley
Rosemary
Rosemary
Mint
Mint
Cat’s Claw, with a Swallowtail
Cat’s Claw, with a Swallowtail
The Red Frangipani
The Red Frangipani
The Book of the Fixed Stars
The Book of the Fixed Stars
The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)
The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)
The Constellation Andromeda
The Constellation Andromeda
Perseus and Caput Medusae
Perseus and Caput Medusae
Cepheus
Cepheus
Scorpio
Scorpio
Scenography of the Copernican System
Scenography of the Copernican System
Hypothesis of the Ptolemaic Eccentric and Epicycle
Hypothesis of the Ptolemaic Eccentric and Epicycle
Cancer, Amid a Crowded Sky
Cancer, Amid a Crowded Sky
Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs
Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs
Cetus, the Sea Monster
Cetus, the Sea Monster
Discomedusae
Discomedusae
Asteridea
Asteridea
Cubomedusae
Cubomedusae
Trochilidae
Trochilidae
Chiroptera
Chiroptera
Nudibranchia
Nudibranchia
The Fourth Muscle Man
The Fourth Muscle Man
The Wild Turkey
The Wild Turkey
The Baltimore Oriole
The Baltimore Oriole
The Carolina Parrot
The Carolina Parrot
The Great-Footed Hawk
The Great-Footed Hawk
The Mocking Bird
The Mocking Bird
The Purple Martin
The Purple Martin
The Snow Bird
The Snow Bird
The White-Headed Eagle
The White-Headed Eagle
The Blue Heron
The Blue Heron
The Booby
The Booby
The Golden-Winged Woodpecker
The Golden-Winged Woodpecker
The Red Mottled Rock-Crab
The Red Mottled Rock-Crab
The Timber Rattlesnake
The Timber Rattlesnake
Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird
Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird
The Bat’s Flea, with Fleabane
The Bat’s Flea, with Fleabane
The Mausoleum of Hadrian
The Mausoleum of Hadrian
The Colosseum
The Colosseum
The Interior of St. Peter's Basilica
The Interior of St. Peter's Basilica
The Palazzo Barberini
The Palazzo Barberini
Typus Orbis Terrarum
Typus Orbis Terrarum
View of Antwerp
View of Antwerp
The Inn Valley
The Inn Valley
A Map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
A Map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
The Temple of Neptune at Paestum
The Temple of Neptune at Paestum
The Ancient Walls of Rome
The Ancient Walls of Rome
Ponte Nomentano
Ponte Nomentano
Ruins with the Cumaean Sibyl
Ruins with the Cumaean Sibyl
Leaf with the Annunciation
Leaf with the Annunciation
Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D
Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D
The Man on the Rack
The Man on the Rack
The Round Tower
The Round Tower
The Drawbridge
The Drawbridge
The Giant Wheel
The Giant Wheel
The Well
The Well
The Herbarium

A room in the cabinet

The Herbarium

Antique botanical plates

Redouté, Merian, and the Temple of Flora — flowers drawn to be believed.

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The Firmament

A room in the cabinet

The Firmament

Star charts & celestial atlases

Medieval star catalogues and constellation drawings — the old sky, mapped by hand.

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New plates arriving soon

A room in the cabinet

The Cabinet

Natural history & anatomy

Zoology, entomology, and anatomical plates — the study of living form.

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The Cartographer

A room in the cabinet

The Cartographer

Antique views & city plans

Piranesi's Rome and the old world's great cities, etched at obsessive scale.

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Antiquities & Manuscripts

A room in the cabinet

Antiquities & Manuscripts

Classical ruins and a taste of illuminated parchment

Engravers beyond Piranesi’s Rome, and a handful of illuminated leaves — see also our sibling shop The Scriptorium for the full manuscript canon.

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How a plate reaches your wall

I

Choose the plate

Browse the Herbarium, the Firmament, the Cabinet, and the Cartographer — or a curated set.

II

Choose the format

Digital download, archival print, gallery canvas, or the heirloom frame.

III

We print museum-grade & ship

On 200gsm EMA matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan.

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Part of the Painted family

Sets & Series

The labors of the collection.

Curated gallery-wall bundles, priced below buying each plate alone.

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