Serene Aqua Linen Placemat

The Serene Aqua Linen Placemat is a 30 x 45cm linen placemat in a soft aqua. Linen is durable enough for daily use and softens with washing. Machine washable on a gentle cold cycle.

Aqua is an uncommon choice for table linen and a considered one. Most placemats hedge towards neutrals, whereas a soft blue-green brings actual colour to a setting while staying calm enough not to fight with the food.

It pairs particularly well with white china, where the contrast is clean, and with timber, where the cool tone balances the warmth. Linen is the right fibre for something that gets washed constantly: it takes repeated laundering without thinning and gets softer rather than rougher over time. At 30 x 45cm it accommodates a dinner plate with room around it for cutlery and a glass, which is what a placemat needs to do. Iron on low if it creases.