This recipe for cleaner appeared in the October 1808 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. Sugar of lead refers to lead acetate.
Regency Household: Cleaner for Chintz, Linen, and Carpet
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Sugar of lead was the basis for lead based paints used in houses. As the name implies, it is sweet which is why children ate paint chips and got lead poisoning…it tasted like candy.
Thanks for the additional information!