Gilded Age

Still, for all its impracticality, his own sturgeon pepperpot—requiring four pounds of sturgeon heads and a pound of sturgeon fillet or steak—evokes Gilded Age extravagance and makes a certain kind of historic Philadelphia statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Not until early in the next century did Congress take on the depredations of Gilded Age plutocrats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Bratenahl, where the Kansas City Chiefs tight end purchased a $5.35 million mansion, is home to Gilded Age properties that draw some of Cleveland’s wealthiest home buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

That conceit ended up an unsubtle but no less effective metaphor for our new Gilded Age.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Not accidentally, these novels coincided with America’s Gilded Age, the era of overnight fortunes and conspicuous spending that followed in the wake of the Civil War.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times