Downtown Design
redazione 26/04/2023

The table’s dress code

Exuberant, colorful, refined. The art of the table is truly food for the eyes

Motifs to enhance china, fabrics and palettes that stimulate, setting the right tone for dinners and lunches, also in the open air. These are the main ingredients of a mise en place that creates an elegant, contemporary setting for socializing around the table.

Dream Blue (on cover) is the new shade of the Maria en Vogue series by Rosenthal. The blue color draws on fashion influences and the elegant interiors of the past, for a romantic vintage touch in this new series, bringing out the famous Maria relief of pomegranates and olive branches on breakfast plates, coffee cups, cereal bowls and mugs.

Oriente Italiano by Ginori 1735

Oriente Italiano by Ginori 1735

A stylized flower, known in the Florentine tradition as the ‘carnation’ motif, suggests faraway memories in the Oriente Italiano collection, a bestseller of Ginori 1735. Delicate motifs to enhance porcelain, combined with background hues to create a striking tableau.

Cammei by Fornasetti - Photo © Claudia Ferri

Cammei by Fornasetti – Photo © Claudia Ferri

Le Monde de Charlotte Perriand by Cassina & Ginori 1735 - Photo © Valentina Sommariva

Le Monde de Charlotte Perriand by Cassina & Ginori 1735 – Photo © Valentina Sommariva

The glasses by Fornasetti, in hand-decorated glass, combine refined design with the inimitable Cammei decoration: a quotation from the classical world, in the true Fornasetti spirit.

The Le Monde de Charlotte Perriand set is the result of the collaboration between Cassina and Ginori 1735, imprinting on porcelain the patterns inspired by the photographs of the designer Charlotte Perriand. In blue and white, the collection is composed of a lower plate, a flat plate, a bowl and a dessert plate, presented in sets of two, with handmade decorations and combinations of two colors.

Mattina by Alessi, design Big-Game

Mattina by Alessi, design Big-Game

The Mattina kitchen accessories by Alessi – butter dish, paper towel dispenser and bread box – created by the studio Big-Game, come in dark gray. The bread box is a multipurpose object whose top is a handy cutting board for slicing bread, capturing the crumbs.

Smorfia Napoletana by Moroni Gomma

Smorfia Napoletana by Moroni Gomma

The collection of objects by Moroni Gomma is a tribute to the growing popularity of the Smorfia Napoletana and includes six plates and six napkins with an elegant gilded border, with two-tone garland graphics, revealing the number of the smorfia and the associated figure.

Outfit collection by Fazzini

Outfit collection by Fazzini

Gabel X Ken Scott collection by Gabel

Gabel X Ken Scott collection by Gabel

Geometry and colors on the table thanks to the Outfit collection by Fazzini, with a tablecloth in batch-dyed pure cotton fabric and a thin border applied by hand to adorn the edge.

Bright, sunny colors, unpredictable combinations and joyful flowers set the tone of the Gabel X Ken Scott collection. Scott favors simple straight lines in his garments, bringing out the flair of the printing. The collection offers tablecloths, runners, placemats, coordinates and cloths in pure panama cotton or linen blend

Sweet Berry by Tognana, design Andrea Fontebasso 1760

Sweet Berry by Tognana, design Andrea Fontebasso 1760

The new summer textile collection by Tognana and Andrea Fontebasso 1760 offers a selection of four lines, all with lively colors and decorations of great impact. Sweet Berry (in the photo) boasts lush decorations with wild strawberries.

Convivium by Frette

Convivium by Frette

Light, airy and chic, the Convivium placemat set by Frette suggests minimalist elegance. For a coordinated look it is possible to combine the items. The set includes a placemat and a tablecloth in 100% linen.

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