The Archive · 1937

Wood Is Smart

Wooden platters, porridge bowls d fruit or 1 bowls have for some time added a pleasant home-lines to the modern table. Now, Gecorated wood is appearing at fashionable cocktail parties and informal luncheon: The wood used American hard wood, and stain-alad bowls of this wood may be deep and round, or in Sussex trough shape. The inside of the bowl is e outside painted white with delicate patterns in pale green and yellow. The bowls are set on small wooden feet This same stainless wood into large round platter ses stand in an inner and round this comes an outer edge. bevelled and painted in plain colours, for the savoury sausages and minute sandwiches which accompany the drinks. A small wooden duck or pear or similar object set in the centre of the platter is perforated all over to hold the cocktail stic!

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