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The Secrets of Belle’s Boudoir: A Lioness, Her Pearls, and Her Museums

“A Lioness”

Belle arrives in New York with nothing but her brains and beauty. Decode the signs hidden in her most intimate room, including the lioness and her lion. This talk concludes with Belle on the brink of marriage to a vast robber-baron fortune.

In 1881, Belle Worsham commissioned a magic space from leading New York City decorator George Schastey. With erotic symbols on all its surfaces, this room—now part of the Met’s collection—launched the most successful sexual career of the Gilded Age. Belle turned herself into one of the richest women in America, and a magnificent collector. At last, her whole scandalous story can be told.











When: Thu., Feb. 11, 2016 at 11:00 am
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710
Price: $30
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“A Lioness”

Belle arrives in New York with nothing but her brains and beauty. Decode the signs hidden in her most intimate room, including the lioness and her lion. This talk concludes with Belle on the brink of marriage to a vast robber-baron fortune.

In 1881, Belle Worsham commissioned a magic space from leading New York City decorator George Schastey. With erotic symbols on all its surfaces, this room—now part of the Met’s collection—launched the most successful sexual career of the Gilded Age. Belle turned herself into one of the richest women in America, and a magnificent collector. At last, her whole scandalous story can be told.

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