The Art Of Napkin Folding

Napkins add the finishing touch to every table setting. This comprehensive new book is a veritable bible of napkins and napkin folding. It offers 100 fold projects, and shows how to make a decorative feature of napkins and how to style them for themed occasions and settings. The folds are illustrated step by step with easy-to-follow instructions. There is a fold for every occasion, from children's birthdays and picnics to cocktail parties and weddings. There are also ideas for making and decorating plain napkins. More than 50 additional projects provide decorative ways to add the finishing touch to a napkin. A comprehensive introduction includes the history of napkin usage and advice on the types of fabric to choose. Packed with over 1100 pictures, this is the ultimate book for every napkin folder.

Use The Simple Art of Napkin Folding to duplicate those beautiful napkin folds you've admired at elegant restaurants and memorable events. It's easy with Linda Hetzer's detailed step-by-step directions and illustrations. Using cloth or paper napkins, create standing triangular-shaped folds (the "Tavern") for dinner parties. A few accordion pleats transforms a piece of cloth into the "Poinsettia." Need festive ideas for a children's birthday party? Make "Sailboats" or "Paper Airplanes." Graduate to more intricate designs that combine napkins with silverware, flowers, and wineglasses. Special features include A stain removal guide for heirloom linens and synthetic fabrics Easy-to-follow instructions for making napkin rings Graphs for embroidering initials on napkins Instructions for stenciling your own napkins Filled with inspired ideas, The Simple Art of Napkin Folding turns any square of fabric into a work of art.

Add a stylish and thoughtful finishing touch to your table with The Art of Napkin Folding. How much better food tastes when it is thoughtfully presented at a beautiful and stylish table, and what better way to embellish your dining experience than with a chic folded napkin. There are step-by-step instructions for 20 napkin folds in a range of stylish shapes. Inspiring ideas for decorating, embroidering and monogramming are also included, as well as for making napkin rings using fresh flowers, fruit and ribbons. There are also suggestions for using napkins in more novel ways - to wrap a gift, for example, or to make a cutlery bag. Ten themed occasions are featured, including all-time favourites such as Classic Elegance or Romantic Dinner, festive meals such as Christmas Cheer and Wedding Breakfast, as well as everyday occasions such as Mother's Day Lunch or Baby Shower. For each event there is a wealth of delightful suggestions for creatively styled napkins and other finishing touches. Whether it's a relaxed family lunch or a formal wedding table, The Art of Napkin Folding is full of inspiring suggestions for beautifully styled napkins.

"Over 80 folds for every occasion, from formal dinners and informal get-togethers to parties, special occasions and corporate events. Perfect for both the catering industry and entertaining at home, Luigi's Language of Napkin Folding shows you how to create a striking and elegant dining table through the art of napkin folding, in simple easy-to-follow steps."--Back cover

Knowing how to fold napkins is the icing on the cake, a crucial weapon in the armoury of every host and hostess. This book shows you how to create more than forty contemporary, traditional, and novelty folds--the perfect complement to great food.

This second book in the ground-breaking On the Table series about the culture of gastronomy as artistic expression - edited by Charlotte Birnbaum - delves into the art of napkin folding. It features German master Joan Sallas, whose folded napkins graced the Metropolitan Museum's exhibit of 1780 Viennese royal table silver. (Watch him fold a ''water lily'' napkin on YouTube.) Birnbaum interviews Sallas on the history of napkin folding, stretching back to the Renaissance and Baroque, and contributes a short essay on the art's complex history; the remainder of the book is an illustrated catalog of Sallas's ornate folding techniques.