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A parlour in 1745 - Geffrye Museum, The Museum of Home. On a spring morning in London, before the sun has even risen, two servants are hard at work. One maid has been cleaning the grate and scrubbing the hearth. The other maid has been polishing the steel fender. They need to hurry as they must still light the fire and sweep the room before the family wake up. It is an important day, the lady of this middle-class household is having friends over for afternoon tea and she wants the parlour to be