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T he grandiose influences of the Victorian and Edwardian eras have always been, and will always be, the byword in classically elegant home décor. No matter the changing trend, now going for streamlined interiors that border on the futuristic, the demand remains undiminished for lavish designs that bring back Old World sophistication and grandeur.

Table settings, in particular, continue to play up the taste for ornate ornamentation that so characterised the turn of the last century. Floriography—the language of flowers that was popular in the 18th and 1 9th centuries—has been