Celebrating a Fruitful Fall with St. Clement Faience Tablescape

Welcome to my blog! Today's feature is a tablescape I've created for Fall. I love tablescaping, vintage goods, and Fall (second only to Spring). Fall is for layering, right? That's what this tablescape styling is all about.

Two vintage salad plates found in 2018 and written about here were the springboard for my table. They are St. Clement (France) majolica from the early 1900s. I love the fruit motifs (even when time-faded), and knew they'd make a great fall table. I eventually found several more.

Textiles are always a fundamental element in my table styling as well. One of my Panoply sisters gifted me a set of placemats last Christmas which are upcycled from eastern Indian saris. The table runner I'm using was purchased from an artisan co-op while on a 2015 fall road trip in WV.

The rest of my table came together easily with mostly vintage finds. A MacKenzie-Childs fluted cake pedestal was purchased directly from a gal who was divesting her collection in late Spring. Unfortunately, it arrived broken, but I was able to repair it. While not food safe for direct contact, its color scheme and pattern play well with the Fall theme.

My plate stack starts with wood chargers bought from an Etsy dealer in 2016, cut from fallen locust trees. My Pfaltzgraff everyday dinnerware is my go-to for setting tables. Finally, the St. Clement majolica salad plates carry my theme through with (clockwise, below) pears, grapes, apples and plums.

The glassware used on this table is from one of my 2020 Panoply vintage finds, included as part of this post, here. These glasses are hefty in weight and so 1970s in their olive green color. I love how they look next to the wood chargers and majolica. 

The napkin rings, fashioned from leather belts, were also an Etsy purchase (2017). The place cards are collected brass horse fobs, most of which are Made in England. I simply strung a manila card with vintage plum and brown silk seam binding (the source of which I cannot remember!) and attached to each fob. The flatware has a grape cluster on each handle.

A pair of ceramic quail, wicker-covered wine casks, and two votive candles were added to the table for additional hints of Fall.

With the use of much color, pattern and texture on my table, I didn't used a tablecloth this time. Arranging flowers on the table, I ultimately opted for my completed look sans flowers.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Chloe from Celebrate and Decorate for putting together the group of stylists who  joined in this fall themed blog party. 

I encourage you to take some time to visit the blogs conveniently listed below for plenty of fall table inspiration! 

Celebrate and Decorate | Design Morsels | Mantel and Table 

Corner of Plaid and Paisley | Home is Where the Boat Is | Blue Belle Interiors 

Calypso in the Country | Our Crafty Mom | My Thrift Store Addiction | The Painted Apron 

The Little Yellow Corner Store | Sweet Sensations | Living with Thanksgiving | Panoply 

Life and Linda | Everyday Living | Bluesky at Home 

Life at Bella Terra | Red Cottage Chronicles | Cozinest

Each person behind the blogs listed has her own style and shares all the details in her post. My source list is provided below. My love of vintage is the bailiwick of my blog content and my personal home style. I love mixing old and new, fusing my own style. I hope you enjoy it too. If I've inspired you, even the least little bit, to get out and shop vintage to put together your own, unique style, then I am a happy girl. 

Celebrating a Fruitful Fall with St. Clement Faience Source List

• Quilted spiral table runner - Pocahontas County (WV) Artisans Gallery (2015)
• Upcycled sari Kantha placemats - Viva Terra (gift)
• Wood chargers, napkin rings, - Etsy dealers (2016, 2017 respectively)
• Dinner plates  - Pfaltzgraff Filigree
• Salad plates  - St. Clement majolica faience - eBay, antique shops
• Glassware (Tiffin Madeira Franciscan), flatware (Oneida Bordeaux 1945), brass fobs, silk seam binding, wicker wine casks, ceramic quail - vintage finds
• Napkins - Pier 1
• Cake pedestal (Keukenhof) centerpiece, votive candles - MacKenzie-Childs

Thanks for your visit today, and I welcome your comments. I try to answer each one individually, but will leave one here on the blog if I can't readily identify you by email  - you know, that noreply-comment@blogger roadblock. Yea, I know, I'm told I'm one also. That's why I always sign (to hopefully be identifiable) as.....

Rita C. at Panoply

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