Forgotten elegance : the art, artifacts, and peculiar history of Victorian and Edwardian entertaining in America / Wendell Schollander and Wes Schollander.

Title: 
Forgotten elegance : the art, artifacts, and peculiar history of Victorian and Edwardian entertaining in America / Wendell Schollander and Wes Schollander.

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Author/Artist: 
Schollander, Wendell, 1943-
Publisher: 
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Description: 
xiv, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Other Authors: 
Schollander, Wes, 1974-
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Entertaining United States History 19th century.
Dinners and dining United States History 19th century.
Victoriana in interior decoration.
Table setting and decoration History 19th century.
United States Social life and customs 19th century.
Bib ID: 
65857
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
TX879.S36
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index.
Crystal: p. 115-131; salt cellars: p. 184; glassware: p. 181, 189, 201-209, 258, 270-274.
Contents: 
A short history of the art of dining --
The accoutrements --
Status and etiquette --
The dinner stage and the props --
The formal meal as a performance --
Giving an elegant dinner --
Other elegant entertaining.
ISBN: 
0313316856 (alk. paper)
9780313316852

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Includes CMoG object: 88.4.18 a-j, p. 123.