Fruit and Vegetable Arrangements 1955 by Emma Cyphers Table Decoration Technique

Description: Title of your page goes here Fruit and Vegetable Arrangements 1955 by Emma Cyphers Table Decoration Technique This is a 128 page, about 7” x 9 1/2”, hardcover book, with original dust cover, titled Fruit and Vegetable Arrangements. The book was written by Emma Hodkinson Cyphers and was copyrighted and published by Hearthside Press, Incorporated first in 1955. This is one of the 1963 copyrighted revised editions. As stated on the inside flap of the dust jacket - “Here is the only book devoted exclusively to decorations featuring fruits and vegetables, alone or combined with flowers, foliage, and driftwood. It shows you how to make distinctive table decorations for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays, for party buffets and family meals all through the year. You will find step-by-step advice on selecting materials, and combining them in pleasing forms, hues, and textures. How to dry, frost, wire, preserve, and shellac fruits and vegetables, even how to select them with an eye to their lasting qualities and symbolism, completes this practical text”. Contents in the form of chapter titles and subtitles are: Artistic Appreciation of Fruits and Vegetables – Fruit and Vegetable Decoration through the Centuries ; Pyramids–A Table Fashion Since Long Ago ; Adaptability of Fruits and Vegetables ; Changing the Mood of a Table ; Continue Tradition with Today’s Tastes. Compatibility of the Table Decoration – Important Forms of of Fruits and Vegetables ; Forms, Hues, and Textures Denote Formality or Informality ; Compatibility with Any Type of Dining Room ; Containers Emphasize Character of Decoration ; Find Interesting Containers in Your Home ; Natural Containers ; Plaques, Stands, Bases. Grooming of Fruits and Vegetables – Polishing and Hardening to Enhance Plant Material ; timing Necessary in Picking and in Market Selection ; Nature Faking ; Painted Material ; Dried of Fruits and Vegetables ; The Pomander of Spice Ball ; Ornamental Fruits–Gourds, Cones, and Osage Orange. The Technique of Arrangement – Order Brings Unity ; Variety in Elements Gives Interest ; Rhythmic Proportion Vital in Size, Hue, Texture ; Color and Texture Highlight Form ; Visual Stability ; Easy Eye Path ; Decorative Unit on the Dining Table ; Combining Flowers and Foliage with of Fruits and Vegetables ; Candles–Correct Use for Height and Light ; Height by Other Means ; The Mechanics of an Arrangement ; Ten Questions You Might Ask ; Appropriateness to Occasion ; Suitability of Combination of Materials ; Completeness and Correctness of Service ; Perfection of Decorative Unit ; Distinction and Originality ; Condition–Neatness and Freshness. Decoration Throughout the Year – Thanksgiving in the Harvest Month ; Christmas at Year’s End ; Wreaths and Garlands in Della Robia Style ; A Christmas Window and the Small Tree ; Other Christmas Themes ; Joyous Symbols for the New Year ; Symbols of Love and Patriotism for February ; March Brings the Birth of Spring and St. Patrick’s Day ; Easter on the Wings of March ; April and May Want Color but Minimum Material ; June with Fruits and Vegetables ; Simple and Cooling Decoration in July and August ; Frosted Fruits ; The September Picture ; In October It’s Halloween. Those Special Occasions – The Mealtime Tray ; Learn Sources of Ideas ; The Baby Shower ; Birthday Parties ; Interpretation ; QA Theme Unifies ; Keep Your Arrangements Individual. Glossary of Fruits, Vegetables, Grains. Condition - The book is clean, complete, tightly bound and comes with its original dust cover. The dust cover mostly intact but with an about one-half inch chipped away portion at the top of the spine edge and a few other scuffs and small tears. The beige cover cloth with black spine edge print mildly mildly bumped corners, and bookshelf crimping of the unsupported cloth at the extreme top and bottom of the spine edge. There are no markings in the book. Pages are generally bright and crisp. There are no torn, missing, loose, creased or marked pages. Other than the dust cover, just described, the book is in very good condition. Books will be shipped in a box via media mail. Combined shipping is available for books purchased the same day from this seller. Place your choices in a cart then request and wait for a total prior to paying.

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: Lakewood, Ohio

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