Napkin Folding

Submitted By:-Vidya Anant

About Napkins Today, discriminating hosts and hostesses

have a wide variety of napkin products from which to select.

For formal dining, there is the cloth napkin, the paper napkin being reserved for more informal settings.

Cloth napkins come in several sizes, each size tailored to a specific use.

A beverage napkin, used when serving drinks and hors d’oeuvres, like most cloth napkins, is square, about five inches to each side.

A luncheon napkin is a couple of inches larger, and a dinner napkin larger still.

The theory, evidently, is that the more food and drink that is served, the more potential there is for spillage, so the bigger the napkin must be to catch it.

Napkin Etiquettes Rule 1: When you’re given a napkin, use it.

Don’t let it sit beside your plate. Rule 2: Wait for the host to pick up and

unfold his napkin before you do the same with yours.

Rule 3: If the napkin is larger than your lap, fold it such that it just covers your lap.

Rule 4: In polite society, movements at the dinner table tend to be small, so don’t make any ostentatious displays like wildly shaking the napkin to open it. 

Rule 5: Don’t wait for the food to be served before you open your napkin. 

Rule 6: Should you have to leave the table during the meal, leave the napkin, loosely folded, on your seat or on the table to the left of your plate.

Some Napkin Folds

Pyramid Napkin Fold

This classy napkin folding

technique is simple, fast, and

can be made easily with most napkins. If the napkin being

used is thin and flops easily then iron it with light starch prior to

folding and it will turn out

perfectly!

Bishop’s Hat Napkin Fold

This is a classic dinner napkin fold, but it can be difficult to

line up the corners in the

cap. Some starch and an iron make

it easier to be precise while

folding this one. 

Twin Candle Napkin Fold

This napkin roll is easy and

elegant. Use it to spruce up a table

with a flat landscape. This fold requires no

ironing, starching, or

pressing. Stiff material will help

larger napkins stand up without

sagging.

The Standing Fan Napkin Fold

Elegant and decorative, this

is a classic napkin folding

technique.

The Rose Napkin Fold

Despite looking fairly elaborate,

this fold is an easy one, and it can be done with

almost any variety of

napkin. Display small bowls or

glasses on top of these, or use

them as novelty cocktail napkins.

The Bird Of Paradise Napkin Fold

This is a classic and classy

napkin folding technique that requires a stiff napkin. If you don't have any dinner napkins made of stiff

linen then a light starching should fix you right up.

Silverware Napkin Folding

This is a basic silverware

napkin folding meant for

keeping Flatware like Knives, Fork,

Spoon etc.