5 Basic Rules for the

Formal Table Setting

1) Put the plates in the order
you will use them: the first on
the top and the last on the
bottom (excluding the one for
dessert)
•2) The same rule is to be applied to
the cutlery: the firsts to be used
toward the outside; the lasts to be
used toward the inside. Chose the
cutlery according to the courses.
•3) Set the forks on the left-hand
side, the knives and spoon on
the right-hand side (cutting
edges toward the plate), and the
dessert cutlery above.
•4) Put the glasses on the upper-
right (you take the glass with the
right hand) according to size, the
smallest (white wine) will go closer
and the biggest (water) will go
further.
•5) The place of the napkin is on
the left after the forks, not
under them, because you do not
need to move the cutlery in
order to use the napkin.