Modern History

[image] Mysterious. Tiffany Studios Bronze and Turtleback Glass Tile Desk Lamp, crafted around 1910.

[image] This is how you turn eating dinner into a "gastronomical experience." 19th-century agate flatware.

[image] Marie Antoinette's personal theatre in Versailles.

[image] Surreal. Art Nouveau Pond Lily Table Lamp, made by Tiffany Studios around 1902-10

[image] When Winston Churchill visited the United States during Prohibition in 1932, he was issued a doctor's note authorizing the Prime Minister to drink an "indefinite" amount of alcohol for health reasons.

[image] Beauty will save us. Trembleuse Art Nouveau Dragonfly crafted with Aquamarine, Diamond and Ruby. London, around 1900.

[image] Art Nouveau Liberty Bridge, designed by János Feketeházy and built for the late-19th-century Millennium World Exhibition, spanning the Danube river between Buda and Pest.

[image] In 1518, residents of Strasbourg were struck by a bizarre and terrifying phenomenon now known as the Dancing Plague. Dozens (possibly hundreds) of people danced uncontrollably for days on end. Some reportedly collapsed from exhaustion, while others are said to have died from

[image] A lovely display of Victorian-era cosmetics. There's just one catch. Used long enough, and they can be lethal. Victorian cosmetics sometimes contained toxic ingredients including lead, mercury, ammonia, and ... arsenic.