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[image] Mysterious. Tiffany Studios Bronze and Turtleback Glass Tile Desk Lamp, crafted around 1910.
@Fascinate_Hist 56.7K 4.5K 0.1x 130 Apr 2
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[image] This is how you turn eating dinner into a "gastronomical experience." 19th-century agate flatware.
@Fascinate_Hist 56.6K 4.1K 0.1x 185 Mar 27
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[image] Marie Antoinette's personal theatre in Versailles.
@Fascinate_Hist 56.4K 3.9K 0.1x 117 Mar 20
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[image] Surreal. Art Nouveau Pond Lily Table Lamp, made by Tiffany Studios around 1902-10
@Fascinate_Hist 56.6K 3.7K 0.1x 132 Mar 30
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[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.
@Fascinate_Hist 56.7K 3.5K 0.1x 67 Apr 7
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[image] Beauty will save us. Trembleuse Art Nouveau Dragonfly crafted with Aquamarine, Diamond and Ruby. London, around 1900.
@Fascinate_Hist 55.8K 3.2K 0.1x 104 Mar 12
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[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.
@Fascinate_Hist 56.1K 3.2K 0.1x 89 Mar 18
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[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
@Fascinate_Hist 56.5K 2.9K 0.1x 58 Mar 23
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[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.
@Fascinate_Hist 55.9K 2.5K 0.0x 64 Mar 14