Setting your table, a complete guide to china, glass, silver, linens, flower arrangements, and etiquette / by Helen Sprackling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprackling, Helen, 1896-

Contributor:

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Table.

Table etiquette.

Penn Provenance:

Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 213 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Manufacture:

New York : Printed by American Book-Stratford Press, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : M. Barrows & Company Incorporated Publishers, [1951]

Contents:

Setting the scene

Creating the picture

Your China

-And your glass

The tools with which you eat

The warp and woof of distinction

The technique of table setting

Invitation to a party

Like mistress, like maid

Dinner party for eight

The charm of informal dining

Maid's night out

After dinner coffee

The truth about wines

Sunday night supper

Time for tea

Please come to lunch

Breakfast

The buffet

The etiquette of eating and drinking

Service without a maid

Setting the bridal table.

Notes:

"Copyright, 1941, 1951 by Helen Sprackling."

"Eighth Printing March 1951."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.

Malgieri Collection copy is "Ninth Printing, July 1953".

Malgieri Collection copy has "Mrs Robert E. Cox, 1204 E. Polk, Paris, TX" stamped on front pastedown.

Malgieri Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks.

Other Format:

Online version: Sprackling, Helen, 1896- Setting your table.

OCLC:

2474913