A surtout de table is an ornamental centrepiece displayed on a formal dining table, "a large centerpiece with mirrored plateaus and numerous candelabra...

types for the very formal dining table include the epergne, with branching arms ending in bowls, and the surtout de table, in English reserved for a long...

used for dining, and a simple surtout de table (or "plateau") was used as the centerpiece. Other than the dining table, the largest piece of furniture...

especially in Italy and France. Eventually they were replaced by the silver surtout de table or porcelain centrepieces. The word may derive from a call of triumph...

collection of figurines, candlesticks or epergnes designed to adorn a surtout de table. Other uses of the word include a matching array of plate armour and...

Captain of the Corsairs. His most spectacular surviving piece, a surtout de table on a hunting theme, with dogs and horns and putti, was begun in the...

elements of a great à la française service was missing: the fourth-course surtout. Still, the Germain Service was considered the First Service of the Crown...

from the French surtout, the centerpiece that was used in the 20th century and that could also be used to bring sartù di riso to the table, cooked like a...

associés, No. 6, mars 2005, p. 54-57OCLC 62701407. Milena Hübner, Surtout de table by Pierre-Philippe Thomire at the Wilanów Palace, Kwartalnik Historii...

The tableware consisted of many dishes and objects, including: a surtout de table, two seven-arm candelabra, two high epergnes, soup tureens with lids...