turn-of-the-century
Century's hinge moment
Turn-of-the-century describes the period around the transition from one century to the next, typically the years immediately before and after.
Without further context, it usually means the late 1800s and early 1900s: turn-of-the-century architecture, a turn-of-the-century photograph.
The phrase evokes a particular era's style or sensibility rather than a precise date range.
Century's closing period
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- 1900Start of 1900s
gaslight · industrialization · modernization · horseless carriage · telegraph · phonograph · steamship · railway
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- 1999Final twentieth-century year
- 2000Start of third millennium
- dot-comWeb-based commercial enterprise
digital age · internet · globalization · cell phone · transitional · millennial · euro · countdown
Sandstone-faced urban dwelling
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- Queen AnneEnglish monarch, furniture period
- gingerbread trimOrnamental architectural woodwork
- wraparound porchExterior deck spanning multiple walls
turret · bay window · stained glass · wainscoting · crown molding · pocket doors · clawfoot tub · tin ceiling
Reddish-brown pigment
- daguerreotypeFirst commercial photography method
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
period · old-fashioned · quaint · genteel · parlor · drawing room · chandelier · velvet
fin-de-siècle
Century's closing period
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
1900 · gaslight · industrialization · modernization · horseless carriage · telegraph · phonograph · steamship · railway · cobblestone
Y2K
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- 1999Final twentieth-century year
- 2000Start of third millennium
dot-com · digital age · internet · globalization · cell phone · transitional · millennial · euro · countdown · zeitgeist
brownstone
Sandstone-faced urban dwelling
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- Queen AnneEnglish monarch, furniture period
- gingerbread trimOrnamental architectural woodwork
wraparound porch · turret · bay window · stained glass · wainscoting · crown molding · pocket doors · clawfoot tub · tin ceiling · parquet floor
sepia
Reddish-brown pigment
- daguerreotypeFirst commercial photography method
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
nostalgia · period · old-fashioned · quaint · genteel · parlor · drawing room · chandelier · velvet · lace
turn-of-the-centurygolden age
Period of peak prosperity
interwar period · Edwardian · belle époque · roaring twenties
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