How beautiful to fold paper napkins in a napkin holder?

An important element of table setting is paper napkins. In everyday life, they usually perform practical functions. On holidays, receptions, special family or romantic dinners, such products are important decorative elements. To make paper napkins look good, you need to fold them nicely in a napkin holder. It is worth understanding how to make it beautiful in different ways, as well as touching on the history of this serving item and tips on how best to decorate the table.

Today, in everyday life, a napkin is the most common and accessible element of table setting for everyone. It decorates it, and also serves for hygiene, helps prevent stains on clothes. An ordinary napkin has deep roots in world history. During this time, its dimensions, colors, materials from which it is made, and even methods of application have changed.

It is believed that the first mention of napkins appeared 3.5 thousand years ago. Someone came up with the idea of ​​using fig tree leaves during the meal. Slaves cleaned their masters' hands with fig leaves and then threw them away. These were the first disposable wipes.

In ancient Rome, napkins were made from alabaster fibers. Later, cloth napkins appeared.They were decorated with embroidery, they were marked with the initials and coats of arms of the owners - rich, authoritative people.

The Chinese, who invented paper, made many items from it, including leaves from rice materials. They were customary to carry. Meanwhile, in Europe (especially in Italy), napkins were also coming into fashion. Men wore lush vegetation on their faces, and a hygiene item was needed.

At first, expensive embroidered materials were used, available only to aristocrats. Then there were more simple products. In Russia, before the reign of Peter I, everyone wiped themselves with their sleeves. The enlightened king introduced a fashion for serving items.

In high-end restaurants, you will see cloth (mostly linen) napkins. They are starched to give the material rigidity. This element of decor can be laid out in the form of a beautiful figure to decorate the table. Housewives most often prefer paper napkins.

The well-known company Kimberly-Clark, wishing to rationally use the remains of cellulose fiber after the First World War, decided to manufacture paper napkins. Prior to this, cellulose was needed for gas mask filters.

At first, such products were much larger than people are used to seeing at the present time. Now a square with sides of 25 cm is considered standard, and there are also other varieties - 35 and 45 cm. You can, of course, just put a stack of paper napkins on the dining table, but this does not look very aesthetically pleasing. It is better to put holders or spectacular wine glasses, small vases, and then carefully place napkins there. You can also fan paper triangles into a special product - a napkin holder.

It is worth paying attention to tips on choosing napkins. White products are considered universal. Red ones allude to love and romance with their whole appearance, while golden and silver ones emphasize the festive mood.

The stores offer a wide range of printed products. The drawing can be thematic - for example, intended for certain holidays or for children. Kids at the children's party will love the images of their favorite characters from comics and cartoons.

A properly served table speaks of the high culture of the hostess, her aesthetic taste. Even an ordinary meal can turn into a special event if you pay due attention to all the elements of serving.

It is believed that the napkin holder is the “queen” of the festive table. Such products are plastic, porcelain, metal. The stores offer a wide range - from the most affordable, functional to luxurious products made from expensive materials.

You can put napkins of different colors in a flat napkin holder in such a way that the colors alternate with each other, and only their corners are visible. This is a simple but very effective way.

For round napkin holders, as a rule, large napkins are used, because they look more spectacular. Each of them is rolled up into a tube the thickness of a ballpoint pen and tightly set one after the other.

For lovers of unusual serving, an option is suitable when a glass with a thin stem is used as a napkin holder. A square of thin paper is folded in the form of an accordion, folded in half - and a slight thickening is made at the fold so that the structure is stable. Then this fan is put into a glass or glass.

You can build a spectacular fan that will stand on the table by itself. A large paper napkin should be placed face down (if it is one-sided). Then you should fold it from top to bottom so that the fold line is in the middle, and gather most of the length into an accordion.

The resulting figure must be folded in half. In this case, the accordion remains on the outside. The free edge of the napkin is folded in the form of a stand. Now this interesting design can be laid out next to the dishes.

Folding napkins according to the instructions is not such a difficult thing. It is similar to the ancient Japanese art called "origami". By the way, you can learn some origami techniques and apply them for serving. The main thing is to remember that you need to do this step by step, with clean and dry hands, ideally with thin gloves.

Manufacturers of paper napkins are very helpful to housewives. Today, products are produced in a variety of colors, sizes and patterns, so it is quite easy to beautifully set the table.

Even if you don’t have expensive china or silverware or luxurious tablecloths at your disposal, the holiday can still turn out to be very bright. Use your imagination, inspiration, call on your creative abilities to help - and then an exclusively designed table will delight and delight your guests and household members.

For information on how to beautifully fold paper napkins into a napkin holder, see the following video.