Napkin holder

Napkins are indispensable on a festive table and just in the kitchen. They can have a variety of shapes and sizes - from small clips and cups to boxes with a hole or even designer masterpieces.

They are produced from a variety of materials. On sale you can find different options - from modest metal and simple plastic models to exquisite porcelain, wooden and glass. When choosing this or that napkin stand, remember that the general impression of the serving of the table largely depends on this.

Types of stand for napkins

Most models look like two parallel plates of this or that material, fastened with one horizontal support. There are paper napkins between them. That is, the bundle is simply clamped between the plates.

There are models in which the napkins are not fixed vertically, but are stacked horizontally by a pile. Such stands have the form of a square container with 4 walls and a slot for ease of use.

Since the stand for paper napkins plays not only a practical role, but also a decorative one, one must choose something original and beautiful. Manufacturers offer interesting models in the form of swans, shells, abstract monograms, funny figures.

As for the material, the most common are metal, plastic and ceramic stand for napkins . There are quite interesting models of wooden napkin stands.

What to choose is a matter of your taste. The main thing is that the material is durable and externally attractive. Stainless steel models are quite popular. Unusually look napkin made of transparent glass, as well as from noble porcelain with delicate drawings.

How did napkin stands appear?

In general, the tradition of decorating a festive table with napkins has a long history. People began to use napkins while eating three thousand years ago. Then they were replaced by the leaves of a fig tree. They were replaced by edible napkins made of dough.

Much later cloth wipes appeared. But the paper ones - just a century ago. And before their appearance, there was no need for stands, as each guest received his tissue napkin. It is noteworthy that the most widespread napkins were obtained in those countries where men wore mustaches and beards.

So, issued individually by tissue napkins, each guest used independently, or he was helped by a servant, wiping his lips and chin after eating. But when paper napkins appeared on the tables, it became necessary to serve them conveniently and nicely. That's where the idea of ​​napkins was born.

At first these were the most primitive constructions. But today there is simply a huge assortment of this serving element. The main thing that we should consider when choosing a particular model is that it should be in harmony with the rest of the decoration of the table.

How to put napkins in a stand?

The very design of napkins assumes the simplest and fastest, at the same time rather beautiful, way of feeding napkins. But if you do not dwell on a simple version of the styling or napkin clamp, but crave it for something more original, you can try to pack them out of the ordinary.

Pretty attractive look napkins in the stand, laid out fan. To do this, do not take a lot of napkins at once, because they need to be folded in two by a corner. Arrange them sequentially so that each next one plays a little for the previous one.

Another option is to alternate differently colored napkins when laying out the same fan or "half-sun", which results in a rather rosy and beautiful.