A slate with a jar of the light creamy fluffy as a cloud mousse arrives and is placed on another slate that was being used as my
tablemat. "We have more slate than Blaenau Ffestiniog" my friend quips as I tuck into chocolate heaven that had a biscuit with cream on the side.
I put down the
tablemat I'd been gnawing - apparently, it's very high in fibre - and begged: "Could I possibly have a leg?"
When shown the reverse side of the paper
tablemat that displayed nutritional information, the consumers said they had never noticed it before.
What the
tablemat has done to Constable, the hotel print has done to Redoute's exquisite watercolours on vellum, which capture with infinite subtlety each specimen's shape and shade of petal and leaf.
Chilewich, New York, introduces new textile designs: Croc, a reversible, animal skin-inspired design; Kono, a gutsy, dimensional over-and-under weave; Pocketweave Squares, the first-ever double weave for Chilewich; Dahlia, a round
tablemat with a stencil-like tracery pattern.
ELIZABETH: With the charisma of a
tablemat, bland, boring Elizabeth is the biggest Big Brother non-entity since Stuart left.
The original Manufacturers' League featured an annual awards dinner with the winners at the final event in 2002 including County Durham-based
tablemat manufacturer Pimpernel International, vehicle parts business Automation Conveyors in Morpeth, and Streamline Waterjet Cutting.
Soon as he got them, he rushed round our place and bit a
tablemat, just to prove the artiacial molars were top quality.
That night saw a special Champion of Champions prize awarded to Derwentside
tablemat maker Pimpernal International for its outstanding growth across the history of the league.
I am sure the raffia
tablemat would have been tastier.
1 Fern twig
tablemat, pounds 2.95, and dark wood coasters, pounds 1.95 each, both The Pier; wooden serving bowls, pounds 20, pounds 30 and pounds 40, Johnson Bros.
HOMEWARE company Port-meirion yesterday revealed it has bought collapsed Consett-based
tablemat company Pimpernel out of administration.
