March design events: Swept Under the Carpet? Servants in London Households, 1600-2000, at The Geffrye Museum of the Home
Period roomsets, talks and workshops bring to life how domestic service has evolved over the past 400 years.
Work and play: a household maid playing a piano, painted by Pissarro in England (1916)
Barbara Chandler3 March 2016
Swept Under the Carpet? Servants in London Households, 1600-2000, is on from March 15 to Sept 4 at The Geffrye Museum of the Home, 136 Kingsland Road, E2.
Four hundred years of domestic service are brought to life in period room settings, documents, drawings and paintings.
See how servant-employer relationships have changed, find out how they cleaned before soap and running water, and what was involved in a “proper” spring clean.
Check out an intriguing programme of talks and workshops. Entry is free.