tbh cables were like that and safety precautions weren’t hard set in yet
Oh wow this is horrifying
Holy shit
Dude, the edwardian era had NO fucking clue what they were doing with electricity (except maybe tesla but he lost that fight)
They would straight up have electrical wires covered in fucking paper, and open wiring with constantly running currents in homes still using gas lighting (fire hazards) they made an electric LIGHT UP TABLE CLOTH with NO. FUCKING. INSULATION.