Serving Etiquette in 1996 Tableware

Was this “zany etiquette?” The New York Times thought so in 1996, even though the United States, along with other parts of the world, was seeing a tremendous resurgence of etiquette books and etiquette schools.

Zany Etiquette in the Gravy

New York Times, 1966

“YOU get the feeling Jane Timberlake was told as a child to sit up straight one time too many. The San Francisco product designer is offering a tabletop collection called ‘Wild Mannered,’ consisting of napkins and chunky plates decorated with dozens of hopelessly demanding, but funny, etiquette dictums, which make you want to leave your elbows on the table or eat salad with the dinner fork. Dishes and linens are sold individually or in five-piece place settings at Mxyplyzyk, 125 Greenwich Avenue (at 13th Street) or the Guggenheim Museum Store.” — New York Times, 1996

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