This cluttered, candlelit house, which belonged to the fictional Jervis family of Huguenot silk weavers, is a model of what it was like to live in the East End of London in the early 18th century.
With a fire in the grate, and a half-eaten meal on the table, it is a theatrical time capsule of ten paneled rooms, brilliantly re-created by the late American artist Dennis Severs.