The Complete Table: A Rosy Affair
Text by Britt E. Stafford • Photography by Caroline Smith
William Shakespeare’s titular character Juliet once said, “A rose by any other name would smell...
The Complete Table: Bold and Elegant
Royal Albert Lady Hamilton is the star of any table.
Emma, Lady Hamilton, was a notorious figure in 18th-century England, and her namesake pattern from...
The Complete Table: Sending Winter Greetings
A classic Christmas pattern brightens the holidays.
Text by Betty Terry • Photography by Marcy Black Simpson
A pretty Christmas china pattern is a boon to a busy hostess...
The Chitra Collection: Tea Wares of Japan
Text by Jane Pettigrew • Photography Courtesy of N Sethia Foundation
The third article about the collection of historic teawares owned by the N Sethia Foundation...
The Complete Table: Buds and Blooms
Spode Romney makes a lovely focal point for a springtime tea.
Different types of flora have served as a muse for paintings, symbolism in literary...
The Little Teapot That Could
Holding a Brown Betty teapot is like holding a bit of British history in your hand.
The Complete Table: Hearts and Flowers
A pretty Royal Crown Derby pattern from the past finds new life in a new millennium.
The delicate geometric designs and stylized hearts and flowers of...
The Complete Table: Ready for a Sea Change
Few things are prettier than a tea table set with translucent bone china. And when the china has an embossed pattern such as that...
The Complete Table: Setting the Table with Family Heirlooms
The late 19th and early 20th centuries, no china company was more popular among American brides than Haviland. The company, founded in 1842 by American...
The Complete Table: Coming Up Roses
The chintz pattern first arrived in Europe from India in the early 17th century in the form of brightly printed calico fabric with vibrant...
