1. A Morning Room is a sitting room in which people would often spend their mornings doing various household work/activities. (See Source)
Morning-room in Algernon’s flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.
[Lane is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, Algernon enters.]
2. Luxurious and artistic furniture
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Example set of flat furniture (Victorian, 1895):
- wall paneling
- mantel and overmantel
- overdoor
- solid mahogany cabinet
- bookcases
- solid mahogany table
- three/four-fold screen with tapestry panels
- easy chairs covered in tapestry
- arm-chair
- brass-pierced fender
- set of brass fireirons
3-4. Afternoon tea would require a china set, tea, scones, clotted cream, and sandwiches
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| Afternoon Tea in 1895 (Source) |
5. Piano music of 1895
Popular music Algernon might have been playing could have included:
- Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay
- Daisy Bell
- The Cat Came Back
