The amassment and display of found objects for their aesthetic qualities dates back to at least the 16th century, when the collections of individual enthusiasts were displayed in private "cabinets of curiosities," or what the Germans called "Wunderkammer." But it wasn't until the 1900s that artists began to incorporate found objects into sculptural works as an artistic gesture. The term "found object" is a literal translation from the French objet trouvé, meaning objects or products with non-art functions that are placed into an art context and made part of an artwork; what we now call "the readymade" is an updated version of that idea.