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At Home treasure - The Morning Room
 The Morning Room title
General view of The Morning Room setting including table with tea setting and figure at pianoforte 

This light airy room in Pickford's House would have been used as a family room - a place for informal eating and leisure activities, such as playing musical instruments, reading and writing letters. However, in Pickford's day this may have been the architect's office. His son, the Rev Joseph Pickford, made this room into a parlour in about 1812 when he divided the house.

The Morning Room, or parlour, is displayed as it might have looked between 1825-30. Life had become less formal by this time and this is reflected in a casual grouping of furniture around the table.

        copy of a painting by Joseph Wright of Pickford's sons Thomas and Joseph with their dog.

Over the mantelpiece hangs a copy of a painting by Pickford's friend Joseph Wright of Derby. It shows Pickford's sons Thomas and Joseph with their dog, around 1777-9.

The figure sitting at the pianoforte wears a cotton print dress of about 1830 with a cap and collar of the same date.

Currently to be found at Pickford's House - Museum of Georgian Life and Historic Costume.

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