What a marvellous fall we’ve had here in the East! The warm weather has continued long beyond the normal season, and the beautiful autumn foliage has lingered.
Inspired by some of the centrepieces I’ve found on Pinterest and sites hosted by similarly-minded tableware nuts like myself, (I’m looking at you, Between Naps on the Porch and Home is Where the Boat Is), I foraged in my back yard and the local grocery store to assemble this table setting.
Winter Stable
Winter Main House
Winter Boathouse
A Denver plaid tablecloth from either Williams Sonoma or Pottery Barn from a number of years ago anchored the table. I then layered Cambria dinner plates (thank you, daughter Lauren for your Christmas gift last year), Baronesse White dinner plates and then topped the settings with Winter Frolic dessert plates from Juliska. Part of the Country Estate series, these four delightful winter scenes were designed by Deborah Sears of Isis Ceramics, whose studio we visited whilst in England a couple of years ago.
I had tremendous fun putting the centrepiece together. The foliage comprises ivy, Japanese Maple leaves, some purple-tinted loropetalum and a wild grapevine. I added apples, pears and dusky purple plums for the fruit layer, and then placed votives down the outside of the arrangement.
The goblets are antique Webb wheel-cut from Elise Abrams Antiques and the napkins are part of a set I bought a million years ago while on vacation in Bermuda (who buys linens in Bermuda? you ask. Indeed…).
I’m sharing this post with Between Naps on the Porch.
I just recently found your blog and I adore all the tablescapes you’ve posted. Sophisticated, elegant and gorgeous.
Thanks so much! I love doing them. Such a weird hobby, but shared by many others I am finding out, yourself included. I loved your setting with the Woodland plates. Such beautiful details with the acorns and salt & pepper shakers. And that turkey platter and cover!! Gorgeous.
After seeing your post on Between Naps on the Porch, I am enchanted by your table. Love the simplicity and I’m a sucker for plaid any season!
Linda @ A Toile Tale
Thanks Linda! It’s fun to share these with other enthusiastic tableware fans. I see you’re a longtime blogger yourself. Thank you for visiting, and especially for taking the time to comment. Have a great day.
Very pretty. Those glasses are amazing.
They’re really comfortable in the hand, too, Lorri. We bought port glasses in the pattern originally, about 15 years ago. We were then lucky enough to find the big wine glasses at Elise Abrams antiques. She couldn’t source any medium sized ones, so we used a different pattern for the water glasses. They’re not quite the same quality, but they do the job! Thanks for visiting 🙂
I also enjoyed seeing this tablescape with wonderful antique goblets. My Mother inherited one centerpiece footed bowl in your glasses’ pattern, and even when she got it as a newlywed, the top edge of the bowl had 1/4 inch chips like a squirrel took bites out of it a few times. Leaves, fruit, flowers and/or foliage inside the centerpiece could hide flaws. It was fought over during the estate settlement and some lucky vulvure got it. Your exquisite goblets would surely have been coveted. Pretty!