A house-keeper should have a large chest to contain napery which is not to be used every day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manners and Social Usages] Reference

Nordbo took a comer of the napery in his left hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inconstant Star]

The deal table was graced by no cloth or napery of any kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

The elegance of a table depends essentially upon its napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manners and Social Usages] Reference

Waiters hovered, attended to china, silver and spotless napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journey Into Love]

Illumination fell gentle over white napery and shining tableware.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfarers]

It was little more than a large wardrobe used to store spare napery and bed linen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

'The silver and napery must be arranged in order, a set for each separate dish. ...'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cider With Rosie]

'Tis not the first time, by many, that we have tabled our Napoleons on your damask napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference

DUNDEE and DUNFERMLINE, the latter town being greatly famed for its napery and table linens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference

A clean, unhurried breakfast with spotless napery and shining silver and porridge and kippers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference

Around them servants were assembling trestles and spreading them with freshly laundered napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

He talked of vintages as the twilight fell and the lamp beamed more brightly on the snowy napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

In Bohemia we sometimes find it well to overlook soiled table napery, sanded floor or untidy appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference

She lay upon a bed with napery and coverlet of richer worth than could be furnished by a castle's spoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference

The napery made in Ireland has, however, in our day taken the place of that manufactured in other countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manners and Social Usages] Reference

Mrs. Hilliard considered him through her lorgnon, but the man was busy with the napery and escaped punishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Henchman] Reference

There was a flurry of towels, then of napery—fresh tablecloth, fresh napkins—silverware and clean glasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venom] Reference

A vision of iced drinks, tempting salads, white napery, and an attentive steward mocked me with past recollections.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riddle of the Sands]

She deftly prepared a tasteful supper for the new guest, set out with snowy napery and with the seldom-used, best china.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812] Reference

Those who possessed elegant dinnerware and napery had to contribute it to the castle for the duration of the royal visit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conqueror's Moon]

In the same breath, you may be sure, a fat fowl was put to the fire, and the whitest napery prepared for the back parlour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edinburgh Picturesque Notes] Reference

Betty the day before -- now with the stair-head door stoutly barred and barricaded up with heavy chests and napery-aumries.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference

In the end, the economy in the wear pays a young house - keeper to invest well in the best of napery -- double damask, good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manners and Social Usages] Reference

Someone had set a table for him, complete to fine napery-a card table, it was, with "Grand Rapids" spelled out in its lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between Planets]

With a sharp rattle John Johnstone's glass crashed untasted on the table, and the red wine splashed like blood on the white napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference

Its crockery and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napery thin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Million] Reference

A meal was spread amid glass and figured china and fresh new napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Iron Trail] Reference

But there was bedding and napery, and no one thought of levying on friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Girl in Old Salem] Reference

Napier, from Fr. nappe, cloth, meant the servant who looked after the napery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of Names] Reference

She took a woman's joy in the immaculate napery and in the charm and variety of the china.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tyranny of the Dark] Reference

The atmosphere is pleasantly old-fashioned: William Morris wallpaper, white napery, good glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

No china dishes or linen napery, but wooden plates and Japanese paper napkins in true picnic style.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie's Busy Days] Reference

Opt for napery, flowers and styling details in tonal hues, rather than one solid colour, at your reception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

He appeared to great advantage behind the white napery and silver platters of the table and displaying his arms with a knife and fork.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference