{"id":12198,"date":"2025-12-01T16:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/?post_type=home-beauty&#038;p=12198"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:51:18","slug":"lart-de-dresser-une-table-harmonieuse","status":"publish","type":"home-beauty","link":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/home-beauty\/histoires-de\/lart-de-dresser-une-table-harmonieuse\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of table setting: harmony and attention to detail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12198\" class=\"elementor elementor-12198\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104f5e9 container-space container-space-no-space container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"104f5e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43da057 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43da057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the cutlery and crockery, setting a table is an art that tells a story of sharing, refinement and conviviality. Every gesture counts, every object has its place. From the choice of materials to the arrangement of plates, the art of the table invites itself into our homes as a ritual of beauty and hospitality, where aesthetics meet the pleasure of the senses.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba62d0a container-style-centered-container container-space container-space-top container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba62d0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b433a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45b433a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15th_century_French_banqueting.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15th_century_French_banqueting.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15th_century_French_banqueting-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15th_century_French_banqueting-301x298.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6239c33 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6239c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>The art of the table: an ancestral spectacle<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long before it became an everyday pleasure, the art of the table was a veritable spectacle. From medieval meals eaten on trestles to Renaissance banquets, it has spanned the centuries, adapting to the codes of each era. <a href=\"https:\/\/musees-reims.fr\/IMG\/pdf\/reponses_livret_-_la_ceramique_de_l_est_de_la_france.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">period<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utensils became more refined: the slice of bread gave way to Italian earthenware, the fork, brought by <a href=\"https:\/\/musees-reims.fr\/IMG\/pdf\/reponses_livret_-_la_ceramique_de_l_est_de_la_france.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catherine de M\u00e9dicis, gradually asserted herself<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Stoneware, porcelain, pottery: a heritage that France has preserved. In 2019, it remained Europe's leading producer of tableware, ahead of Germany and Italy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insee.fr\/fr\/statistiques\/5230432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A living heritage, constantly reinvented<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7bd0da container-space container-space-no-space container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7bd0da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551a624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"551a624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do you arrange the serving pieces on the table?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a667b0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a667b0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember Pretty Woman?\u00ab <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I've got the salad fork well in mind. As for the rest of the cutlery, I'm getting a bit confused.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em> \u00bb<\/em>, she used to say in her etiquette class. Here's a reminder of the basics of how to arrange the serving pieces on the table.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you're setting your table in the French style, place the tips of forks and spoons towards the tablecloth. Historically, this orientation enabled guests to contemplate their hosts' coat of arms. In the English style, cutlery points upwards.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In the center, the plate<\/strong> Plates: hollow for soup, flat for main course. Cutlery is placed from the outside onto the plate, in order of use. <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>To the right<\/strong>, First, place the soup spoon, then the starter knife and the main course knife, placed right next to the plate.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>To the left<\/strong>, The logic is the same: the starter fork is placed on the outside, followed by the main course fork, closer to the plate. Above, the dessert cutlery lines up: cheese knife, spoon and fork.<\/span><\/li><li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>To the right<\/strong>, <strong>angled<\/strong>, On the left are the glasses: first the two wine glasses, then the champagne flute and the water glass. The small bread plate is on the left, with its butter knife. The whole ensemble forms a precise, discreet balance, where everything comes together naturally.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many codes you can play with to set the scene for your meals! <a href=\"https:\/\/musees-reims.fr\/IMG\/pdf\/reponses_livret_-_la_ceramique_de_l_est_de_la_france.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now you can serve your sorbets in a champagne flute.<\/a><\/span><a href=\"\/en\/_wp_link_placeholder\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff0a01 e-grid container-space container-space-no-space container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ff0a01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d579d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d579d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/table_dressee_noel-933x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-galerie-large size-galerie-large wp-image-12203\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1cb54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1cb54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/art_de_la_table_focus-933x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-galerie-large size-galerie-large wp-image-12202\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1648e89 container-style-centered-container container-space container-space-top e-con-full container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1648e89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a2fa22 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a2fa22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/table_dressee_coloree-933x863.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/table_dressee_coloree-933x863.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/table_dressee_coloree-459x425.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/table_dressee_coloree-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6469d03 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6469d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Tableware for every occasion<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A table is like a living d\u00e9cor, changing with the seasons and the moment. In the morning, monochrome bowls and soft lighting invite you to relax. For a summer dinner, flowery or colorful plates evoke conviviality.<br \/><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clean lines of stoneware or raw wood suit a rustic chic style, while white porcelain brings elegance and clarity. A table runner, a few dried flowers and a set of fabrics are all you need to transform the atmosphere.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key is to create harmony between materials, colors and the emotions you wish to share.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176211e container-space container-space-top container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"176211e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9c7f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed9c7f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A sensory and visual experience\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9013b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9013b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entertaining means offering a moment to be experienced. The choice of material - wood, glass, ceramic - sets the tone: natural, refined or festive. The shape of the table, too, influences the atmosphere: intimate when round, convivial when elongated.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tablecloth becomes a landscape: raw linen for a bohemian spirit, cotton for softness, polyester for practicality. Candles diffuse a warm light, highlighting the relief of the fabric and the texture of the plates.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this subtle interplay of light and materials, the art of the table becomes an art of living, where aesthetics meet the pleasure of being together.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From wine glasses to butter knives: discover the history of table setting to revisit the codes in your own way and surprise your loved ones.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11766,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"home-beauty-category":[58,13],"class_list":["post-12198","home-beauty","type-home-beauty","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","home-beauty-category-design-histoires-de","home-beauty-category-histoires-de"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty\/12198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/home-beauty"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty\/12198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12215,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty\/12198\/revisions\/12215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"home-beauty-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty-category?post=12198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}