Formal Table Setting: Placement of Cutlery, Glasses, and Plates, Study notes of Life Sciences

Formal Place Setting

The way forks, knives, spoons, glasses, and cups are placed on the table is called a “table

setting”.

The one shown here is a “formal” place setting. We naturally don’t use all of this each day

at home, however, it shows us where each piece is placed, whether we have eight pieces of

silver or three.

We use the silver from the outside in. For example, the soup spoon on the right would be

used before the teaspoon, because soup is served first.