Antiques expert and our historical advisor Steven Moore reveals how methods of laying tables have evolved from Ancient Rome to the modern-day. This ebook is guaranteed to make you look at your dining table in a new light.
Sections include:
- The classical world
- The statues and origins of table linens
- Dining in the Great Hall
- The forgotten art of linen folding
- The nef and other objects of state
- Dining under ‘service a la Francais’
- The importance of dessert
- Table centres of other forms
- The change to ‘service a la Russe’
- The last ‘hoorah’