The Opening Scene of Earnest

1. What is a morning room?
2. What furnishings would be considered luxurious and artistic?
3. What items would be needed for afternoon tea?
4. How would they be arranged?
5. What music might Algernon be playing on the piano?

1. This room a communal sitting room faced east to admit the morning sun, was used throughout the day.

2. The furnishing that would be considered luxurious and artistic would be

Anything Mahogany. Four-Fold Screens, Easy Chairs in tapestry, Brass, and China. 

3. The items that would be needed for afternoon tea would consist of

cakes, scones, tea, water, tea leafs, plates, kettle, cream, clotted cream, different finger sandwich china, jam, and silverware. 

4. The items would be arranged by

Tea would be in china, cakes would be on cake stands, light sandwich's would be served first. Different scones and jam, next and then last but least cake. Afternoon tea would be served on low chairs and low tables. 

5. The music that Algernon might be playing on the Piano could have been some of the popular songs of 1895 for example, Put Me Off at Buffalo, Sleep Little Rosebud.