Beautiful Nymphenburg Tablescape! Welcome to the 86th Tablescape Thursday!

Hi Everyone! Hope you've had a wonderful Wednesday! When I attended Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, we used to have Wonderful Wednesday every week. On Wednesdays, there were no classes! We were supposed to spend the time studying or attending special lectures, but in truth, most of us slept in and caught up on school work...or goofed off! :-)

Follow-up to Bottle Tree Post Yesterday:
Yesterday, I asked for suggestions on ways to obtain pretty colorful bottles to make a bottle tree for the garden...and you guys came up with lots of recommendations/suggestions. :-) If you are interested in making your own bottle tree, be sure to scroll down to yesterday's post and read the comments. You may even want to book mark that post to refer to later. Or, just click on the title and it will pull up that post alone...then you can save it to your favorites and even print it out. The comments should print out, as well.


Tablescape Thursday:
Any blogger will tell you, one of the very best parts about blogging is meeting dear hearts like you...kindred spirits who share a passion for creating a beautiful table setting that not only nourishes the body, but the heart and soul, as well. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Cornelia who lives in Switzerland! Is Blogland not the most fabulous place?! If not for blogging, I would never have met Cornelia who has generously opened up her beautiful home so that I might share it with you for this Tablescape Thursday.


Step right through these doors into Cornelia's beautiful dining room...




I can't take my eyes off her stunningly gorgeous chandelier! You know I've got chandeliers on the brain lately. ;-)




Cornelia told me, "The china is all by Nymphenburg and hand painted."




The beautiful sterling silver candlesticks are from Mexico.




I love this wonderful tablecloth! Cornelia said it and the matching napkins are Swiss embroidery from the 1950's.




Her stemware is all hand-cut crystal made in the former German Democratic Republic.




If you look closely, you'll notice each dish has a different flower on it. :-) Love that!




The dinner plates Cornelia used for this tablescape are silver plated and are from Robbe and Berking. They are so perfect with the other sterling pieces which include her flatware, candlesticks, a basket and Hors’d’oeuvre dish.




Beautiful!




Cornelia's sterling flatware is Chantilly by Gorham.




Her centerpiece makes my heart skip a little beat! :-)




Cornelia used a gorgeous Meissen vase for her floral arrangement of tulips. Isn't it about the most beautiful vase you have ever seen?!




A view from one end...




I know you are dying to hear about the beautiful furniture in Cornelia's dining room. Cornelia told me, "The table and the chairs are Biedermeier, from around 1820.




The chest is Swiss Baroque from around 1770.




And, the cupboard is Louis Philippe (about 1830 – 1850). The rug is an antique Bochara (caucausus).




Cornelia, thank-you so much for this delightful treat! How wonderful to see your beautiful dining room...and in Switzerland, no less! I enjoyed this so much! Cornelia shared some pics of other tablescapes...I'll be posting those at a later date. Oh, how I love Tablescape Thursday!!! :-)





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