Dishes

This year I used some new dishes on Thanksgiving. They are just charming and were given to me by my good friend Vivienne and her husband Del. The dishes belonged to Del’s mom who had a thing for dishes. They are from Germany and are made by Rosenthale. They were designed by Raymond Loewy and the pattern is called “Rendevous.”

I did some hunting on line and this particular pattern was made after World War II and was part of their “Studio Line” collections. After the war, they brought in some well know artists to produce a more contemporary, stream lined look to their dishes. This is one of those patterns.

I think they have a very retro modern feel to them.  I love the shape of some of the pieces.

Of course, when you have fabulous new dishes, you need the proper table linens to show them off. Thus I had to make new placemats and napkins. I had a great time picking out fabrics. From left to right, an old Kaffe print for the napkins, a funky bug print for the binding on the place mats (thank you Marie at Cool Cottons), a brown for the body of the place mats, and on the right is the fabric from my drapes.

Here is everything all together.

Jewel lent me a beautiful turquoisey blue tablecloth to put underneath everything. It really set off the linens and the dishes.  The table looked beautiful for Thanksgiving.