napery

Example Sentences

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Servers, dressed of their own choosing but almost uniformly in black, moved swiftly, surely, with one hand held behind their backs; fresh cutlery materialized resting atop snowy napery on a little silver tray.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Faultless napery, preferably white—naked tabletops have no place in any restaurant aspiring to loveliness.

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 6, 2015

Mike Price, the chef, and his partner, Joe Campanaro, who also own Market Table, have opted for refinement, accepting reservations and using cloth napery.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014

The wives, in the score's most delicious, feather-light music, plot their duping in a smart hotel dining room: stiff napery, chandeliers and synchronised tureens.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2012

Delicate glass, spotless napery, flowers, and above all sparkling conversation—those larger delights!—he does not encourage.

From The Awful Australian by Desmond, Valerie