"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Staging the Table in Europe 1500-1800 held at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, from February 17 to July 9, 2023."
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-211) and index
Contents:
Introduction : Setting the stage -- Courtesy and carving : manuscript to print -- The rise of the Trinciante : carving by the book -- Carving and folding visualized : Mattia Giegher's Tre Trattati -- "Nach italienischer manier" : edible geometry and sleight of hand -- From L'Écuyer Tranchant to genteel housekeeper