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Hosting This Weekend? Here Are Three Tablescapes Perfect for Brunch, Cocktails, or Supper

Set a table to remember

A spread of dinnerware plates and tomatoes on a table

Photo: DAVID PRINCE

Brunch

Morning

 

Serving Ware: Verdant brushstrokes lend casual elegance to this ceramic Vietri collection, which includes a pitcher ($79), plates ($36 each), and bowls ($34 each; all vietri.com).

• Glassware: Show off your fresh-squeezed juice in mouth-blown glasses by Juliska rimmed with just a hint of late-summer green ($68 each; juliska.com).

• Linens: Flawless broderie anglaise embroidery graces the scalloped edges of Summerill & Bishop’s coordinating set of linen napkins ($588 for six) and tablecloth ($756; all porta-nyc.com).

• Basket: Fill a charming woven Juliska basket with tumbles of peaches, kumquats, and bananas ripe for the taking ($250; juliska.com).

• Vases: Wee amber bud vases from Wentworth catch the light just so—as will whatever clippings from the garden you fill them with ($25 each; shopwentworth.com).


A spread of cocktail ware on a table

Photo: DAVID PRINCE

Cocktails

Afternoon

 

Ice Bucket: Offset gleaming bottles and sippers with the natural look of a woven wicker Pomegranate Home ice bucket ($160; pomegranateinc.com).

• Glassware: Who says glasses have to match? L’Objet offers hand-cut double old-fashioned vessels in jewel tones that break the rules beautifully ($150 for four; l-objet.com).

• Napkins: Four-leaf clovers and horseshoes on Pomegranate Home’s linen cocktail napkins promise both good luck and panache ($60 for four; pomegranateinc.com).

• Nut Dishes: Serve olives and nuts (or corral lemon and lime wedges) in a mix of vintage sterling silver bowls from Croghan’s Jewel Box ($50–$90 each; croghansjewelbox.com).

• Decanter: Pour the good stuff into Clayton & Crume’s English saddle leather-covered decanter, monogrammed on request ($225; claytonandcrume.com).


A spread of dinnerware on a table

Photo: DAVID PRINCE

Supper

Evening

• Plates: Translate trendy purple into a tasteful table moment with Mottahedeh’s hand-gilded fine porcelain dinner plates ($175 each; elizabethbruns.com).

• Tablecloth: D’Ascoli’s gold-tinged botanical linen tablecloth balances colorful dinnerware and works in most settings, no matter how formal or relaxed ($305; dascoli.co).

• Goblets: With delicate etching inspired by an eighteenth-century motif, these goblets are William Yeoward Crystal classics ($325 each; us.williamyeowardcrystal.com).

• Linens: Floral napkins by D’Ascoli get coordinating place mats that show off Flemish crosshatch patterns ($210 and $215 for four, respectively; dascoli.co).

• Flatware: The clean art deco lines of Christofle’s silver-plated flatware add restraint when more-ornate pieces also adorn a table ($625 for five-piece set; christofle.com).


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Haskell Harris is the founding style director at Garden & Gun. She joined the title in 2008 and covers all things design-focused for the magazine. The House Romantic: Curating Memorable Interiors for a Meaningful Life is her first book. Follow @haskellharris on Instagram.