The silver, china and
glassware should be
placed in curved
lines both lengthwise
and across the table
2.
The linen table cloth or
placement and napkins
should be have wrinkles
and should match or
harmonized each other.
3.
The centerpiece may be
placed at the center,
to the side, or at one end of
the table, but it’s
position should be
considered in arranging a
well balanced table.
4.
The chairs should be
placed so that the
center of the chairs
is in line with the
center of
the plate.
5.
Large plates, such as the dinner
plate and
luncheon plate, are laid about 5
inch in from the edge of the
table.
8.
To avoid hiding utensils under the rim of
a plate or bowl, lay it approximately 1
inch away from the side
9.
To eliminate fingerprints on the handle, hold
flatware by the “knee”, the area between the
handle and the eating end of the utensils.
10.
Fork tines may be placed downward
continental style, or upward. American
style. In the continental placement of
flatware, the fork laid on the table in the
its held, tines downward.