Nine and a half by thirteen and a quarter inches is a true placemat: a dinner plate and a glass sit on it with a margin, and it lays without needing the table cleared first. Placemats are the alternative to a cover when the table itself is worth showing — a wooden table under fifty plain mats looks better than the same table under a plastic sheet.
Fifty is a serious quantity, and it is why this is the most expensive item on the everyday shelf despite being the plainest. At about forty cents a mat it is a supply that lasts across several dinners rather than one party.
Luscious lavender is a soft mid-purple. It sits under white plates without competing with them, which is the job a placemat should do; a loud mat and a printed plate cancel each other out.
On the table
- 9.45" x 13.25" — a plate and a glass with a margin.
- Fifty per pack, about forty cents a mat.
- The most expensive item on this shelf, and the largest count.
- Use over a table worth showing, where a full cover would hide it.
Specifics from the listing
- 50-Count package of paper placemats in Luscious Lavender
- Actual product dimensions are 9.45 x 13.25 inches
