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Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style - Glanville, Philippa (Editor), and Young, Hilary (Editor)
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Surveying the art of fine dining in Europe from the 16th century to the present, this book concentrates on the art of decorating the table, following the courses of a grand dinner from cocktails to dessert. From flowers and garlands to porcelain, silverware and centrepieces, the many different items created for eating and drinking in style are shown in a rich variety of settings. Introductory sections on dining ceremony and furnishing set the scene, which moves from grand palaces with sumptuous 18th- and 19th-century table ...

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Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style 2004, V & A Publications, London

ISBN-13: 9781851773480

Paperback

Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style 2002, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

ISBN-13: 9780810965935

Hardcover

Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style 2002, V & A Publications, London

ISBN-13: 9781851773374

Hardcover