At its best, there is real delight to be found in dressing a table. Arranging cascading flowers here, dotting mismatched glasses down the length there: for the aesthetically inclined, the tabletop can become a canvas. It is, though, the hard-working elements of the table that are so often left as an afterthought, neglected in favour of the showier constituents of the whole. And yet those functional bits are what makes a dinner party function easily – and eye-pleasingly.

Our Grey Check Linen Napkins earn their place at the table by dint of ticking both the useful and beautiful boxes (William Morris would be proud). Made from pre-washed 100 per cent linen, they are handmade in Lithuania from ecologically-certified fabric. And since you can wash them at 40-degrees and tumble-dry them on the gentle setting, they can be used
daily too – whether at a mid-summer al fresco lunch, or for winter festivities. Disposable napkins, be gone.

Dimensions: Length 40.0cm, Width 40.0cm.