Fit For Royalty

It's Thursday and we get to play with our tables. How exciting! Tablescape Thursday is hosted by Susan at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/. We all need to visit Susan's blog and check out all the creative tablescapes going on in Blogland. She has a complete list of participants.

Today, I decided to create a more formal table setting, using our Vogue China dinnerware, which has a 22K gold filigree accents, featuring a Colonial couple in the center. I only set a table for 2 since there are only 2 of us here. I will just imagine the servants serving us the food:-)

I picked the flowers in the tall Meissen vases from our garden. I thought these candelabra looks good for a royal setting. I got the idea from the Russian palaces that we visited.

I have so many plates and needed more storage so we bought this little cabinet which holds the Vogue dinnerware.

That French cabinet against the wall also holds a lot of our dishes.

A Sevres centerpiece.

Three sets of dishes are stored in the corner china cabinet.

I bought the wooden baroque gold plate chargers from Horchow.

I placed short vases with faux flowers on either side of the centerpiece. Don't worry, I have fresh flowers too. LOL!

I bought the tablecloth from Rhodes, Greece 2 years ago. I really like the crinkly material and the gold embroidery along the borders and the center. Here's a close up of the embroidery.

The flatware are bronze with mahogany handles. They were made in Thailand. My cousin who owns a pawn shop in the Philippines gave them to me. Someone had pawned them and never picked them up so their loss is my gain. She gave me a complete service for 12 with lots of extra pieces. I really like them so I went searching on Ebay and found another service for 12 that I won so now, I have a complete set for 24 people. Click and check out the details on the carving on the handles, really cool and it says "Siam" on them.

The forks, spoons and knives come in so many sizes.

Crystal stemware, the liquor and wine glasses are Mikasa in a tulip pattern, can't remember the pattern of the goblet.

I hope you enjoyed my tablescape. I enjoyed making believe it's for the king and queen. LOL! Thank you, Susan, for allowing us to play every Thursday!