Craftsmanship
Italian Heritage, Crafted by Hand
We work with pure linen and very little else. It breathes, and it's strong enough to take years of dinners.
Our napkins arrive pre-washed, so they feel soft from the first meal and keep softening with each wash. Linen creases, and we leave the creases alone: that's how you know it's linen. The placemats are built the opposite way. Their linen is coated and set over a rigid core, so they stay flat on the table and wipe clean afterward.
Every piece is sewn and embroidered in Italy by a small artisan team, and we check each one ourselves before it ships.
"Made to last long enough to be handed down."
From Sketch to Stitch
Every motif starts as a drawing on paper and ends as thread on linen.
THE DRAWING We draw our own motifs: lemons, dragonflies, a bee, a sprig of wild herbs. Most come from the things we grew up around, at the table and outdoors, in Italy. A sketch can go through many rounds before we decide it belongs on a napkin.
THE ADAPTATION A drawing that looks right on paper rarely works as embroidery straight away. Our designers sit with the seamstresses to translate each line into stitches, keeping the motif open so the linen shows through, and using no more than three thread colors. Size and placement are set for each piece, so a bee on a cocktail napkin is drawn differently from a bee on a placemat.
THE WORKSHOP Then the linen goes to a small team in Italy who sew and embroider each piece, one at a time. When a collection arrives, we unpack and check every piece ourselves before it goes out to you.
Our Coated Linen
Linen you can wipe clean after dinner.
Our placemats and bread baskets are made in coated linen. We start with pure linen and finish it with a thin, matte acrylic coating, so the weave still shows through and the linen keeps its look.
The coating is what lets them stay on the table every day. When something spills, or crumbs gather in the basket, wipe it promptly with a damp cloth. Washing becomes the exception, and the care guide below explains how.
Caring for Your Linens
A little care keeps them on the table for years.
PURE LINEN (napkins and cocktail napkins)
Linen is a strong fiber, and it softens the more you use and wash it.
- Washing: machine wash on a gentle cycle with mild detergent, up to 40°C / 104°F. No bleach.
- Drying: air dry.
- Ironing: iron on the reverse side while the linen is still slightly damp. It gives the crisp, flat finish you'd find on a well-laid hotel table.
COATED LINEN (placemats and bread baskets)
Coated linen is made to be wiped, and washed only now and then.
- Everyday: wipe spills promptly with a damp sponge. Most of the time that's all it needs.
- Washing: when it does need a wash, slip the linen cover off the placemat's rigid core (the core never goes in the machine). Wash at 30°C / 86°F, 40°C / 104°F at most, on a gentle cycle. No softener, no spin, no chlorine bleach.
- Drying: never tumble dry. Hang it to dry in the shade.
- Ironing: always iron through a clean cloth at medium heat, from the reverse side where you can. Dry cleaning is also fine.