Historically in Italy on holidays, lunch was served mid-day and often lasted until late afternoon. A short walk usually followed before sitting down to the dinner table for several more hours. In modern times, the dining table remains an important focal point of social interaction. Let your family and guests enjoy an atmosphere of classic Italy each time you dress your table with unique and authentic casual dinnerware from Essentials for Entertaining.
Essentials for Entertaining has everything you need for an intimate, candlelight dinner for two or a festive dinner party for eight. Each item in our casual dinnerware collection--from hand-etched stemware, to exquisitely created, glass dinner plates, to Carrara marble cheese boards--is hand-crafted in Italy, original, and selected with a reverence for details and tradition.
Our plates and bowls are translucent glass and hand-etched in Florence. The Primavera designs feature butterflies and dragonflies and easily match any type of flatware. This casual dinnerware ensemble includes presentation and serving plates, chargers, dinner plates, bowls, salad/dessert plates, and gelato bowls. Even more, all items are dishwasher-safe. No doubt, you and your guests will appreciate the high quality craftsmanship evident in every creation from this delightful tableware collection.
Our placemats and coasters are designed by artist, Arianna Fioratti-Loreto. Countess Fioratti-Loreto, a painter and textile designer, is well known for her colorful and playful patterns. The Insetti Lucite placemats and coasters feature hand-drawn dragonflies, ladybugs, bees, and butterflies. The Chinoiserie Lucite placemats and coasters reflect an elaborately decorated and intricately patterned Chinese art style (i.e., Chinoiserie) and are embellished with captivating landscape designs. Each is easy to wash with damp cloth and perfect for entertaining or everyday use.
Many an evening meal is not complete without the soft ambience of candlelight. The candlestick holders from our casual dinnerware collection are translucent glass. As are the plates and bowls, the candlestick holders are hand-etched in Florence. Imagine how the individually drawn butterflies and dragonflies glow, perhaps even dance, in candlelight. Our chic, Primavera collection candlestick holders are indispensable to any well-dressed table. Whether you purchase a pair of large or small candlestick holders, you won't be disappointed.
Gorgonzola. Parmigiano-reggiano. Cheese is a central part of any genuine Italian cuisine. Our casual dinnerware collection comprises three cheese sets: Piemonte cheese marble cutting board, Toscana cheese board and tools, and an elegant three-piece cheese knife set. The Piemonte cheese board offers a sleek marble work surface with wood-handled tools stored beneath the cutting board. The Toscana cheese board and tool set boasts a marble work surface and four hand-forged cheese tools hidden beneath in a drawer below. The cheese set features three knives with wooden resin handles and three different forged steel blades, everything you need for serving an array of cheeses.
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