A good table needn’t be perfectly matched. In fact, we rather prefer it when it isn’t.

There is something wonderfully collected about a table set with pieces that belong together without being identical — a little less formal, a little more interesting, and much more at home at Stags Head Retreat. So we paired our embroidered linen napkins accordingly: six to a set, with two complementary designs meant to mingle around the table.

Pheasant & Pomegranate
Three of each. A little country swagger meets a little jewel-toned excess. The Pheasant has undoubtedly been outdoors all day; the Pomegranate has been inside polishing the silver and judging everyone.

Golden Boughs
Three Golden Pinecone and three Evergreen Branches. Quieter, woodsy and beautifully understated — as comfortable beside the everyday plates as they are when the good china mysteriously appears.

Hemstitched linen with exquisite embroidery, sold as a set of six.

Because six identical napkins would be far too well behaved.