Today, I'm joining Jenny Matlock for
AlphabeThursday one more visit with the letter W and Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for
Tablescape Thursday. Today's Word is Wilendur (or Wilendure or Weil&Durrse) representing one of my very favorite vintage tablecloth makers. The company made table linens for over sixty years. One particular design, the Wilendur Lobsters is fairly hard to find, and has special meaning for me because the hunt for that cloth was the catalyst for starting a wonderful friendship with another dish and linen collector, Daphne, and me. We shared the search for the cloth, and she located both cloths within just a couple of weeks of one another. Later, other collector friends shared their visions of a "lobsterscape" as well. The story of the search, and the tablescapes we each created using our vintage Homer Laughlin dinnerware was featured in an edition of the Homer Laughlin China Collector's quarterly magazine,
The Dish.
Be sure to stop by Daphne's
Tabletop Time . Our friends Candy, at
The Little Round Table and Becky at
Random Musings of a Deco Lady did other wonderful lobsterscapes that just shouldn't be missed, either!
Daphne and I wanted to share those tablescapes from
The Dish this week with you. In this set of photos, I used a mix of vintage and Post 86 Fiesta. The salt and pepper are vintage Cronin Sevilla and they're tucked in next to a prototype for the Fiesta jam jar.
and here are a few more pictures with some other Homer Laughlin dinnerware. This time I used a mix of Post86 Fiesta and vintage Fiesta in Scarlet and Gray. The glassware is Martha Stewart. It amazes me how different a table setting can look with just a change in dinnerware.
Very cute design! Love the Lobsters!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this tablecloth. I love it and your two tablescapes. Funny, I used a vintage lobster tablecloth in my tablescape this week. :-) I have bookmarked your site and will be back to visit.
ReplyDeleteHi Elaine!
ReplyDeleteI heard there was a lobster fest going on over here! Loving the green in the first version, which again brings up the fact that my version of this tablecloth is a red/turquoise colorway. I love all the little variations and mysteries that go along with our tablecloths.
Candy
I love your Fiesta dishes, they usually are generous in colour. I love your tablecloth with the huge lobster!
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Happy weekend.
FABBY
Loved it all. Very pretty. Happy St Patrick's Day.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great table! Love the tablecloth and really cute using the crackers as napkin rings! I can tell you girls are having fun:@)
ReplyDeleteLove your table and especially the lobster tablecloth! I am crazy for all things lobster after living in Maine for part of high school and later college. Last year I bought 2 dozen little wicker lobsters on clearance in the Christmas decorations aisle at a local store. NO idea what I'm going to do with those guys but I just love them!
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what a great looking table setting! Love the pitcher, too! {:-Deb
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table setting! The colors are just so pretty..
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tables! Love the fish net centerpiece! It's a good day here for lobster bisque--wet and kind of cold.
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest tablecloth I have ever seen. I love how you set the table with the red accents to play up the lobsters!
ReplyDeleteelegant shots.
ReplyDeleteThat cloth is amazing - I'm off to see if there's another lurking somewhere in cyberspace!....I have to have it.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way you used the fishnet, shells and Queen Anne's lace in the centrepiece. Also the Sevilla shakers with the jam pot look great, too. Go Divas!
ReplyDeleteIt was neat to see how much the tablescape changed with the dinnerware. That tablecloth is really cool. I suspect Pondside would buy it if you were selling.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a fun stop today. I liked the whimsical quality of this table.
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