The Gilded Craze
Metallics remain the gold standard for refinement and luxury, but these designs are so versatile, they work easily for both casual and formal affairs.
Clockwise from left: Bone china Grace dinner plate, $58, Royal Doulton; Bone china Gold Scribble dinner plate, $46, and salad plate, $32, both Calvin Klein Home; Bone china Aureus charger, $70, Villeroy & Boch; Porcelain Beechwood Gold dinner plate, $36, Sasaki, 800-252-3390; Bone china Trendsetter dinner plate, $58, and salad plate, $38; both Royal Doulton; Bone china Vera Lace Gold salad plate, $30, and dinner plate, $35; both Vera Wang Wedgwood; Porcelain Lady Haviland Platinum Band dinner plate, $93, Haviland Limoges; Bone china High Society dinner plate, $48, Lenox; Porcelain New York charger, $100, Poc a Poc, Michael C. Fina
