House Beautiful Tablescapes: Fresh Ideas for Setting a Stylish Table

Theres an art to setting the perfect table for every type of occasion, and this book helps you master it, whether your event is a Sunday supper, weekend lunch, garden party, festive open house, elegant evening or extravagant holiday soirée. Lavishly photographed, it explores a stunning range of decorative possibilities, from platinum-edged plates, vintage silver, ornate candelabras and antique mercury glass to playful jaw-snapping alligator napkin rings, birds nests filled with pansies and a fleet of porcelain monkeys.