Autumn Table Settings in NYC

You can always count on Arte Italica to set a STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL table at market. You would think all tabletop companies do but that is not the case........This is a new introduction, Vigna Vecchia or Old Vineyard, a Tuscan scene in a soft hand painted red with a rustic creamy background of picturesque farmhouses and tall cypress trees......This lovely dinnerware is paired with a new introduction in stemware Ambra. I love these glasses, the only color other than clear I like especially this time of year...... I encourage you to click on these pictures to enlarge or you will miss detail....

This was Libeco Lagae, where Ed Reisert and his team skillfully presented their linen line.....Colors are fabulous..... My favorite is the Faro sheer linen voile offered insome of these colors........Also I love the Frescati runners shown here, they are damask like and reversible.....The borders on the runners are the same fabric turned over......



I love this table..... A not so little country French Table that is substantial and folds up....Retails in the 450 range......... for that French Country look offered by Comptoir de Famille. Great for dining al fresco.......I ordered for the shop......It is great.....




Back to Arte Italica a relatively new offering the mini casseroles and tea/ coffee pots with pewter lids with butterflies perched on top, hens, lambs, a bee on the honeypot. Just adorable named Compagna and Giardino. Some of these guys are on their way to Beadboard as we speak.



There was a lot of this chain motif this year. These platters and vase are oversized and WOW!
Paired with their new stemware they were gorgeous!
They are called Pallazzo.


I ordered these in the gold and silver, the Vittoria stemware... I would like to say why...The marketplace is, at this time, overloaded with gorgeous stemware that if you offer up a toast and clink the glass you WORRY............ Not the case with these. They have heft, are delicate looking and have beautiful shapes... Note the thickness of the glass where the stem starts....

Another example of the Vittoria stemware in the silver. This time paired with Merletto Antique. I loved this, a soup plate with lace detail in a putty color and a grey in the lace.......It is yummy as is the pitcher in the background. Also available in Aqua. Look at it paired with the glass and pewter flatware......Teture and elegance....More New York adventures to come!!!!
Libeco Lagae, Arte Italica and Comptoir de Famille available at Beadboard UpCountry.....

Maison & Objet Libeco's Spring Collection

Libeco Lagae from Belgium had a spring collection that was livable, fresh and lively with table linens in new colors mixed with traditional ones. There is something suitable for everyone.

They have extensive colors of solid tablelinens and these were the new intros to compliment what is already in the line.

Table cloths are also offered in runners some with contrasting borders. The new colors are muted but they have brights in the line also. We carry this line at Beadboard and are very happy with the new collection.

Another shot...


This is a picnic style with a green border on a cream background.



The bedding brought in fresh new grays mixed with taupes in overlapping stripes and a new 100% linen cable knit blanket that was great.

This was my favorite. The Sisco pattern. A beachy stripe in crisp white and gray. There were also accessories in the gray white and some cushioned bistro chair covers and outdoor lounge covers. The new catalog is online, for some reason I could not link it here. Just Google Libeco home. There is a catalog on the right of the opening page. You can order from Beadboard we don't charge to ship and everyone charges the same......They wash up great and are a great mix with antique linens.......AND remember they do cut yardage in wide widths so you don't have to order as much......Less seams......

Maison Object the Latest in Linens Part One

We, at Beadboard, LOVE Bed and Table linens.

We especially love the ones made out of LINEN and cotton PERCALE.

You see a lot of the cotton sateen these days, the cotton sateen has the smoother more silk charmuse like finish. Percale, feels like your mother's cotton sheets but with todays technology and the higher thread counts they feel smooth as silk. Above, the solid color collection from French Designer Anne De Solene. Beautiful collection...Will provide more pictures and info on a blog later ...

I am sorry I don't know who this is, ( I think it's Graebel) but it looks like Europe is still into color. Even smaller companies are offering coordinating towels and sheeting in Many choices of color.

I think this is Graebel. They are doing a lot of organic cottons and note the pic stitch on the coverlets. Still very popular over there. We saw the same pic stitch at Blanc D'Ivoire.


More subtle colors in a traditional coverlet spread with diamond quilting.



This was the offering at Bellora, Lots of greys thank you very much, (love them) but WHOA!!!!!!! The buy in for this company, I was told, and I HOPE this guy just didn't know what he was saying......... was 15000 EUROS which translates into 22000 US dollars. (Most minimums are in the 1000 Euro range especially after the US Dollar went south) I verified and said are you sure?????That seems high. And frankly this wasn't WOW enough for me to even consider that kind of investment...... Maybe you'll see it at Macy's.(I don't think they'd go for this either)




The floral print on the linen duvet was pretty but we can get very similar looks here in the US.
I think this looks like the Hamptons........



Colors?????Mauve, (but mixed up with other things....) And OPRAH, are you ready for this???????? THE COLOR PURPLE IS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!! Is is dark even for summer, violet, lavender , indigo like, and portrayed with my favorite pairing, Green........

A lovely bed from Bluemarine, PLEASE NOTE, AMERICAN BED MANUFACTURERS!!!!

I love the platform bed tweaked into a more traditional mode. Yves Delorme did this last year, very successfully, a French bed but in a platform style, with cabriole legs.... There is a company we will be carrying that has platform beds like this and I will be blogging on it later, available in the US with FABULOUS Finishes and incredible grey taupe colors........ No need for box springs!!!!

Another lovely offering from Blumarine...

A little note........Swarovski crystal was everywhere... But used very tastefully, and they actually laser them on, no glue, so that they can endure the cleaning process much better..... Much more to come........The next installment Libeco Lagae and how they hit one out of the park!!!!!Also Peacock Alley, how they have reinvented themselves to be a new force in this market!!!!!!!