En L'An 2000: French Belle Époque Vision of Year 2000 Domestic Life

Warm golds, rich teals, and crimson accents bathe this optimistic chromolithograph in the glow of bourgeois comfort projected forward a century. A fashionably dressed Edwardian parlor scene imagines the year 2000 as merely a refined continuation of 1900s elegance — guests lounge by an ornate fireplace while a servant presents flowers, the only futurist conceit being the subtle electrified hearth glow. The irony is delicious: the future looks exactly like the present.