Holiday decor ideas: Miles Redd's luxe red table setting, from Domino magazine, a photo by xJavierx on Flickr.
Our love of all things refined and elegant, as exemplified by a formally set table with fine china, is timeless. Porcelain, which was so completely mastered and refined by the Chinese, just became known as 'china' when it came to Europe. The fine china houses of Europe have taken what the Chinese started and added an endless amount of design and experimentation over the years. Meissen, Sevres, Limoges, Royal Doulton, Spode, Wedgwood, Belleek and countless more have all given the world lovely plates upon which to rest a meal. In our rushed and budgeted existence, we may not have the wherewithal to stage a formal seven course meal on Limoges china, but it is nice to know all it would take is a quick trip to a specialty china shop and several thousand dollars and voila! You are The Sun King, reigning over the soup course. Yes, dreams are timeless too.
Do you think the younger generation will want to do the fine dining like it was in the day? I love fine china and the old antique dishes!!Hope it continues to be Timeless!!!
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