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Tablescaping: Notes on a Concept Mash-Up (Let’s Make It Christmas)
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Like ‘Manscaping’ but with tables. And Mariah Carey. We have the goods. Intrigued? Read on. Gentlepeople, lend me your eyeballs. Don’t worry, I’ll give them back. But for now, it’s time to unpack the Ye Olde practice of setting the table. And when I say ‘Ye Olde’, I mean it. Older than your Grannie’s Grannie. The Ancient Romans and Greeks, to be precise. They were the first to document the enactment of making tables look lovely. They practised it to mark special occasions and showcase opulence by using “plenty of hand-painted pottery, embossed silver and even engraved glass” (Thanks for...