Most of the time, the animals are reclaimed by those who drop them off. Not forgetting turtle skeletons, skulls and jaws composed nature scenes under a globe butterfly trees art books educational works and reprints of the famous educational posters that made the company a success in the late 19 th century.ĭeyrolle offers a repair shop for small pieces of taxidermy deteriorated by parasites or simply over time, which is barely concealed behind an enormous bull. There are also spiders, dried fish, snakes coiled in jars, shells, opened lobsters, multicolored rocks, meteorites and shards of Mars. At the far end, lepidopterans number in the thousands, next to iridescent beetles. Budgies are perched next to a Gouldian finch or a Blue-llied Roller. A crested hen has the head of a comic strip character. The crocodile no longer threatens anyone. A bear and her cub move away from a camel. The tiger lies down, a cheetah seems to advance under the heads of deers. In the store at 46 Rue du Bac, the second floor resembles a natural history museum.īetween two display cases of crustaceans and fossilized minerals, a lion watches over the assembly. Placed on the repair desk, frozen in a prone position, this mounted dachshund should have ended up in the garbage can after its owner's death, but the heir preferred to take the damaged animal to the only place in Paris where he had a chance of giving it away: Deyrolle, one of Europe's oldest cabinets of curiosities. True to its credo of combining nature, art and education, its owner, Louis Albert de Broglie, is striving to diversify the institution's activities. Stepping inside Paris's historic taxidermy paradise By Elise Karlin Published on January 9, 2024, at 5:30 am (Paris)įeatureWith its framed butterflies, insects in glass domes and mounted animals, the Deyrolle store has been delighting enthusiasts of all ages and artists in search of inspiration for almost two centuries.
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