Antoinette Lettieri's Four Favourite #tablescapes

The Wedding Edition’s Luxury Editor, Antoinette Lettieri gathers her our Four Favourite #tablescapes to inspire your big day. Highlighting the potential your wedding tables have to make a show-stopping impression, here are some of the most beautiful wedding tablescapes

Four of her most Glamorous Tablescapes

I’ve worked in luxury events for over 15 years. I absolutely adore creating beautiful tablescapes – whether it be an informal supper at home or a black tie gala dinner for my clients. With every event there is the possibility to create a little moment of delight at the table no matter what the budget it is. From magnificent flowers or thoughtful personalisations, there are many ways to create a beautiful tablescape. Here are a few of my recent favourites.

Easter at Home – a wild countryside theme

The idea behind our family Easter gathering this year was to bring a burst of wild nature inside, especially as we have all been couped up during the lockdown! I worked with the florist Tony Marklew to build a loose and wild table with seasonal flowers to include poppies, daffodils and tulips set against a lovely green linen. The table was additionally adorned with porcelain bowls of chocolate eggs, platters heaped with hot cross buns and scones with cream and jam. Each place setting was hand painted to add a traditional touch.

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Flowers by Tony Marklew

All tableware by Fiona Finds

Napkins by Rebecca Udall

Hand-painted place cards & menus by London Calligraphy

Individual cakes & macaroons by Cakes by Krishanthi

Painted Easter eggs at Daylesford

Table kind and chairs by Great Hire

Birthday Dinner at Home

The inspiration of the tablescape actually stemmed from Fiona Finds’ wax place mats and my favourite Jonathan Adler head vase. Additionally, I love black and white. It has to be my favourite colour combination – so chic especially with a dash of colour. For my birthday table, I contrasted the table with ombre pinks using my favourite coral peonies to soften the monochrome and to add a touch of my girly side! The place mats created a ‘frame’ for each place-setting which I then built on by layering the dining plates – finishing with individual birthday cakes that matched the plates and were topped with edible sugar peonies.

Flowers by Tony Marklew

Chairs and cutlery by Options Great Hire

Wax mats by Fiona Finds

Cakes by Cakes by Krishanthi

Vases by Jonathan Adler

Vibrant Autumnal Tablescape

I adored the tablescape that the innovative party planner Liz Linkleter created at The Lanesborough to colourfully celebrate Autumn. The pale green table linen was the perfect neutral tone to contrast the colourful and varied blooms by Palais Flowers – as was the neutral-toned place setting which lent a refined and chic reserve to the table. I especially loved the tortoiseshell glasses by Maison Margaux which added an element of surprise and contrasting pattern to the table.

Party Planner Liz Linkleter

Flowers by Palais London

Tableware by Maison Margaux

Chairs by Jones Hire

Table linen by Volga Linen

Blue and White Wedding

Blue and white is a forever chic combination and just timeless. This wedding table, was styled by Lamp London and designed with a bespoke mirror top for a touch of daytime sparkle and adorned with traditional Dutch Delftware vases filled with seasonal flowers by London florist Rob Van Helden. To mimic the vases, the stationers Ruth Kaye Design cleverly created vase-shaped menu cards and each guest received a mini bouquet nestling in their napkins to pop in their lapels or as a take-home keepsake.