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 Beautiful Tablescapes helps you master this often underappreciated skill—whether it’s for a Sunday supper, freewheeling garden party, or extravagant holiday soirée. Lavishly photographed, this book explores a stunning range of decorative possibilities utilizing every kind of tabletop décor imaginable, from an elegantly curling sterling candelabra to jaw-snapping alligator napkin rings to a whooping troop of porcelain monkeys.