The Sunday Times - UK (2021-11-28)

The bon vivant

banqueters

You put your name on the waiting list for that

panettone from the posh deli back in October, you

set eBay alerts for William Morris serving platters

and you were definitely the first to do velvet-wrapped

Christmas crackers. This year you’re going big on

proper crystal glassware and gilded fruit objets such

as these from John Lewis. Nigella would approve.

To p t a b l e s

Fancy linen, maximalist glassware or a lust-worthy butter dish: this

Christmas pick your tablescape tribe, says Louisa McGillicuddy

1 Candles, £14.50 for two; conranshop.co.uk. 2 Red candlesticks, from £12.50 each; anna-nina.nl. 3 Apple baubles, £15 for 12; johnlewis.com.

4 Silver glass candlestick, £34 for two, and 5 bowl, £82; mrsalice.com. Foliage; rebelrebel.co.uk. 6 Glasses, £10 each; zarahome.com.

7 Crackers, £55 for six, the Little Green Cracker Company; selfridges.com. 8 Salt pinch bowl and spoon, £21; nordichouse.co.uk. 9 Crystal

sugar and cream (far left) servers, £150, Waterford; selfridges.com. 10 Olive-wood bowl, £30 for three, and 11 serving spoons, £26 for two;

johnlewis.com. 12 Casserole dish, from £170; lecreuset.co.uk. 13 Cutlery, £13 per piece, and 14 napkins, £12.50 each; conranshop.co.uk.

15 Decorations (on napkins), £3 for four; ikea.com. 16 Dinner plates, £8 each; zarahome.com. 17 Tablecloth, £18; hm.com

Photographs Luke J Albert Styling Flossie Saunders

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