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People in the mid-1800s cleaned by hand, and they crafted tools to help. Often, the implements like this one for floor cleaning are surprisingly beautiful.

Made of plaited canes, this type of beater was light but strong. In the days before fitted carpets, floors were covered with woollen rugs. Until the invention of mechanical carpet sweepers and vacuum ...

The head section of the rattan carpet beater at Whangārei Museum (1984_140_1a). In Victorian times, it was a familiar sight in the backyard of many homes, rich and poor alike, to see a woman with a ...

I live in a typical victoian terrace house in East Dulwich. We found this in the cellar when we moved into the house. It was used before the days people had vaccuum cleaners. Carpets and rugs would be ...