Elegant Eating: Four Hundred Years of Dining in Style

by Philippa Glanville

Deftly blending the decorative arts and social history, this lavishly illustrated volume is the only book to survey the changing styles of fine dining and tableware from the 16th century to today. Introductory sections on dining ceremony and furnishings set the scene, after which the book follows the structure of a grand dinner, progressing from cocktails to dessert.Focusing on the many decorative objects that stylish eating and drinking have inspired...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810965933
• ISBN13: 9780810965935
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary