Alma grey red Placemat

Some table linen you use out of habit, and some you choose because it says something. This block print placemat grey and red belongs to the second kind. It carries the signature Alma motif, a structured geometric composition punctuated with floral detail, in a frank balance between the deep grey of the ground and the intense red of the drawing.

Like every piece in the house, it is printed by hand with wooden blocks on good-quality cotton, in the artisan workshops of our partners in India. The gesture leaves its mark: slight variations from one impression to the next, that breath which block printing gives the fabric and which no industrial process can reproduce. The design itself is created in France, with an eye for a drawing that is both rigorous and warm.

A placemat dresses without covering. Laid on bare wood, it gives the timber structure and colour without hiding it. Over a plain tablecloth, it adds a graphic frame around each plate.

On a sideboard or a console, it turns a bare surface into a composed one. Stacked in a drawer, it is always ready.

This block print placemat grey and red is made for real use. The cotton is hard-wearing and machine washable, it grows softer with time while keeping its shape and its colour, and it takes long dinners and everyday meals alike. Washed at thirty degrees and ironed while still slightly damp, it stays crisp season after season.

It works as happily in a pared-back interior as in an already colourful one. You can pair it with the matching Alma napkins, tablecloth and tea towels, carrying one motif from the table through to the kitchen.

An artisanal, graphic and hard-wearing piece of table linen, for anyone who likes tables with a clear character of their own.