Table-setting

For the arrangement of tableware for serving and eating, see Table setting.
A grand table at the Meissen porcelain museum set for formal dining shows many elements; the food items are replicas, in tablescaping competitions perishable items are generally not allowed.

Table-setting, or tablescaping, is an activity involving the setting of sometimes elaborate dining tables in artful, decorative or themed ways for social events, and in a variety of categories for competitions and exhibitions.[1][2][3]

Tablescaping can also refer to any decorative treatment for any flat surface in any room; these are often more permanent installations that will only change with the seasons or with a change of decor in the room.

In the United States and Australia there are formal tablesetting competitions and exhibitions that date back to the 1930s and 1940s.

  1. ^ Doyle, Jessica (November 30, 2019). "How to master tablescaping with Instagram star Mrs Alice and the woman she learnt it all from - her mum". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Burroughs, Katrina (November 24, 2019). "The art of tablescaping". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Nguyen, Lilly (July 11, 2019). "Decor contestants help set the table for O.C. Fair opening". Daily Pilot. Retrieved January 6, 2020.