Plates

The dinnerware set must be in perfect harmony with all the tableware accessories, especially the tablecloth: it’s the tablecloth that makes us choose porcelain over ceramic, for example, and it determines our choice of decoration and color for the plates. How many times have we hesitated when setting the table because we weren’t convinced by the chosen combination, and longed for a dinnerware set that perfectly matched the tablecloth in shape, color, and decoration! It was this demand that led me to seek out master craftsmen who could create customized dinnerware sets for me.
Italy is famous for its beautiful ceramics, especially those from Umbria. Deruta, a delightful medieval village in the green Umbria region, not far from Perugia, is known worldwide for its artistic majolica, hand crafted and decorated. This tradition, handed down from the Middle Ages to the present day, sees master ceramists creating and decorating magnificent ceramics with a wide variety of shapes, colors, and decorations, inspired by nature, religion, and mythology. Deruta boasts countless charming workshops, custodians of the timeless art of ceramics. Visiting them, speaking to the artisans, and listening to their stories is a unique experience.
Here I found examples of excellence: some more traditional, rooted in the classic designs of local majolica, others more innovative, experimenting with more modern designs and colors. Both, with their own unique style, have created ceramics that are expertly coordinated with my tablecloths, developing new decorations that reinterpret the fabric patterns in an original way while preserving their harmonious shapes and colors, making my table settings one-of-a-kind.