tableware
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Tableware refers to the dishes, utensils, and other items used for serving and eating food at a table. It matters because the selection and arrangement of tableware reflects dining customs, social occasions, and cultural traditions, as shown in formal dining settings throughout history.
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23 sectionsContents
- Materials
- History
- Plates and other vessels
- Cutlery
- Chopsticks
- Table decoration
- Western style
- Table settings
- Flatware, plates and bowls
- Drinkware
- Cutlery
- Serving dishes
- Serving utensils
- Place markers
- Chinese style
- Japanese style
- Place setting
- Adaptations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|Formal dining table laid for a large private dinner party at Chatsworth House thumb|upright=1.3|Table laid for six at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, (18th–19th century fashion)
Tableware items are the dishware and utensils used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. The term includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, serving utensils, and other items used for practical as well as decorative purposes. The quality, nature, variety and number of objects varies according to culture, religion, number of diners, cuisine and occasion. For example, Middle Eastern, Indian or Polynesian food culture and cuisine sometimes limits tableware to serving dishes, using bread or leaves as individual plates, and not infrequently without use of cutlery. Special occasions are usually reflected in higher quality tableware.