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Don't just set the table - set the mood! Planning the ultimate dressy dinner party Or something more laid-back and casual There's an art to tuning your table to the occasion and House BeautifulTablescapes helps you master this often underappreciated skill - whether it's for a Sunday supper, freewheeling garden party, or extravagant holiday soire. Lavishly photographed, this book explores a stunning range of decorative possibilities utilizing every kind of tabletop dcor imaginable, from an elegantly curling sterling candelabra to jaw-snapping alligator napkin rings to a whooping troop of porcelain monkeys.