Archive for July, 2009

Scene International started a tradition for the “Town & Country” store in Piermont by setting up a display of exquisite, and different, tabletop settings at the start of every month. We have now completed seven settings and we will soon be sending out an email with thumbnails of each setting for your enjoyment.
These table settings will not only showcase beautiful and pleasing wares, but will demonstrate how unique table settings can be created in the home for different occasions. Visitors are invited to come, see, learn, copy and/or buy at Town & Country in Piermont, New York. This month’s offering is an all black-and-red Valentine’s Day romantic layout.
Table setting today has become such an art it has spawned a new name: “Tablescaping.” Elaborate decorative elements are incorporated into formal table settings that can reflect the theme of the occasion and the type of food. It is a practice that has been developing for more than a thousand years–the history of table setting goes back before the medieval era. Town & Country will try to display some of these elements in its “Exquisite Table Settings” program.