Gold Hand-Beaded Placemat by Joanna Buchanan

The Gold Hand-Beaded Placemat by Joanna Buchanan gives a place setting the gleam and definition of a decorative charger while keeping the layer beneath the plate textural rather than rigid. Glass beads are worked over a cotton backing to create a 15-inch round surface that catches candlelight and reflects warm metallic tones across the table. Because the palette is entirely gold, the placemat can sit beneath patterned china just as comfortably as simple white porcelain. Hand beaded in India, each piece carries the slight irregularities of the work, so a group reads as collected handcraft rather than a mechanically identical set.

“Gold belongs under the plate when you want the table to glow rather than glitter. I would pair a placemat like this with china that has its own character and resist adding too many other metallic accents—the beadwork already supplies the light.”
-Mrs. Mayfair

Product Details

• Glass beads with cotton backing
• 15″ diameter
• 1 placemat
• Hand beaded in India
• Slight variations are inherent to the handwork

Care & Ownership

Spot clean with a dry brush and do not submerge in water. Lift rather than drag the placemat across the table, keep moisture from sitting on the beadwork, and store flat where the glass beads will not be crushed by heavier objects.

Maker / Heritage

Joanna Buchanan brings a fashion-trained eye to tabletop, seasonal decoration, and home accessories. After two decades in fashion retail, her approach has been shaped by a Hong Kong childhood, years in Europe, travel through India, and a family tradition of holiday decorating rooted in vintage ornaments from the English countryside. Color, graphic pattern, natural motifs, and a collected sense of occasion run through the collection. The brand has been featured by Architectural Digest, Veranda, House Beautiful, and Martha Stewart.