I am showing today a tablescape done in autumn colors.
First I made a fresh floral arrangement and it looked like this. Good for a sideboard, but too big for people to see around it. I had placed it on this lift.
The arrangement is made in my Vietri serving bowl. So then I took it apart and made it tall in the center and wide at the bottom.
After all the rearranging, I had to take it off the lift and put the bowl directly on the table in order for people to see around it.
With my antique French Limoges fish plates hand painted by Purvis, I am using Vietri tortoise flatware and Anna Weatherley chargers as dinner plates since I am using placemats. Chargers are in the colorway honey. Striped placemats are by Tommy Bahama.
I love old fish plates and I use them often but not for fish. I like starting the meal with them used as appetizer plates. I think this keeps them from getting knife cuts on the hand painted surfaces.
Linen napkins by Pottery Barn and rings by Reba McIntyre Home from Dillard's.
The Anna Weatherley honey charger will be used as a charger for the soup plate until it is ready to be used as a dinner plate.
This vanilla colored rim soup looks almost pale yellow. The set went to my garage sales a few times but didn't sell. Now they are useful for this tablesetting to hold butternut squash soup with Granny Smith apples that Mr. Swede makes.
Filled with the orange colored butternut soup and garnished, the pale color of these bowls doesn't look so stark and really fits in.
Dinner plates.
The glass buttons on the outside of these amber art goblets are very fun. They are made by Yurana Designs and were discontinued this year.
The other stemware I am using is the Bella Iron Gold pattern from Hawaiian artglass artist Rick Strini HERE.
Dessert plates are Foliage by Vietri.
The dinner plates have been removed and I decided not to put on another charger for the dessert plates.
Dessert is this toasted almond cake with raspberry garnish on a Vietri Foliage dark peach platter with a central leaf design.
Corner view of the table.
Different view of the centerpiece.
The plaid silk on the Henredon host/hostess petite wing chairs looks good with the colors in this tablescape. The silk fabric is just too nice to pull off to recover the two chairs in white/beige neutral fabric so they live upstairs most of the time and are brought down when I'm doing a tablescape they don't clash with. At some point when they look ratty, I will recover them as they are very comfortable to sit in while dining.
Good looking pear.
I am participating in Tablescape Thursday this week on the blog Between Naps on the Porch.
To see all the entries, after 9:00PM Eastern on Wednesday, go here:
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/
Summer
Photos: Swede
I am so knocked out over both of those stemware patterns!!! The "buttons" on the first set....wowza woo!!! Those are so unique! I can only imagine how they must feel in one's hand. Mmmmmmmmm!!! Aren't you glad now that those plates didn't sell in your garage sale? There are so many things I'm wishing I could get back, but they're gone forever. I don't want to become a hoarder, but I am being VERY careful about what I sell or give to the thrift stores these days! You put so much work into that floral arrangement!!!!!!! I'm impressed! These days I've just taken to doing 2 if I have to: one for show as guests arrive that is switched out just before they are seated. Impact is so important, and you achieved that as well as convenience for dinner conversation here. Beautiful! Have a marvelous weekend!
Posted by: Alycia Nichols | 10/06/2011 at 08:34 AM
Hi lovely lady.
Your Tablescape is beautiful with all the fall colors..
I also love your gorgeous china with the fish. You did a lovely job putting this tablescape together for your dinner party.
I hope you have a great week.
XXOO Diane
Posted by: diane | 10/05/2011 at 09:53 PM
Stunning autumn table! All those fall colours look gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
Posted by: Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee | 10/05/2011 at 09:37 PM
Your collections are amazing. Love all of the vibrant colors.
- The Tablescaper
Posted by: The Tablescaper | 10/05/2011 at 09:36 PM
Ooh…I'd love a piece of the toasted almond cake on a fish plate, please!
: )
Julie M.
Posted by: Julie M ~ The Little Red Shop | 10/05/2011 at 09:09 PM
So enamored with your gorgeous fish plates.. and the vietri pieces and in awe of your centerpiece. Quite some talent you have.. so very artistic.. I'd put you on the list of who i'd like to have dinner with before I die. Love the striped placemats.. a beautiful contrast to your gorgeous china and crystal.. Success! xo marlis
Posted by: marlis | 10/05/2011 at 08:56 PM
Gorgeous stemware and plates, such a fabulous centerpice and the autumn colors thruout your stunning tablescape is awesome!! Fabulous as always.
Hugs, FABBY
Posted by: FABBY | 10/05/2011 at 07:43 PM
Very 'fallish'! Gets one in the mood for this season. I love your fish plates! As always, tastefully done.
Posted by: maureen | 10/05/2011 at 05:32 PM