Seven sizes — which one is yours?
Measure the tabletop, not the room, and add about 16 inches to each dimension for a drop of roughly 8 inches per side. Six of the seven options are 55 inches wide, so for most people this comes down to picking a length.
| Choose | If this sounds like you |
|---|---|
| 39"×55" | A small kitchen table for two, a console in a hallway, or a sideboard you want dressed for a party. |
| 55"×55" | A square or round four-seater. The square cloth hangs in even points on a round table, which is the look most people are actually after. |
| 55"×71" | A compact rectangular table for four, the kind that lives against a wall most of the week. |
| 55"×87" | The common six-seater dining table. If you're guessing and you have a normal dining room, this is the guess. |
| 55"×94" | Six seats with room to breathe, or eight when you squeeze. Also the right call for a six-seater with the extension leaf left in. |
| 55"×102" | A proper eight-seater. Long enough that the embroidered border runs the full length of the table and reads as a border, not a detail. |
| 55"×118" | Ten or more, or a garden trestle for the one day a year everybody comes at once. |
Caught between two? Take the longer one. A little extra drape looks generous; an inch short looks like an accident.
Embroidery on something that gets eaten off — is that asking for trouble?
Embroidered thread sits slightly proud of the cloth, so it can snag and it dislikes heat — neither is a problem if you know it up front.
| Works on | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Wood, glass and painted tables — any smooth top | A table with a rough or splintered edge, which catches embroidery thread every time somebody stands up |
| Cool, gentle machine wash | Hot washes and high spin, which pucker embroidery so the leaves sit distorted afterwards |
| Ironing on the reverse, on a low setting, cloth face down | Pressing a hot iron directly onto the embroidered leaves, which flattens and glazes the thread |
The step people skip: iron from the back. It takes the creases out of the ground fabric while leaving the leaves standing proud, which is the entire reason you bought an embroidered cloth rather than a printed one.
The table stops being furniture and starts being where people sit down.
A bare dining table has a way of collecting things — post, keys, a laptop, somebody's charger — until it isn't really a dining table any more, it's a shelf at knee height. Dressing it is the oldest trick for reversing that, and it works because a covered table looks committed. Nobody dumps a pile of unopened bank letters on a cloth with embroidered leaves running through it.

Embroidered, not printed — and why you can see the difference from the doorway
A printed tablecloth is flat. The pattern is ink on the surface, and under a ceiling light it stays flat — which is why printed cloths photograph better than they look in person. Embroidery is thread stitched into the fabric, so it stands up off the ground cloth and catches light along its edges. You get a faint shadow beside every leaf, and that shadow is what your eye reads as quality before you've consciously registered anything.
It survives differently too. Print wears off where plates and forearms sit — the centre of a printed cloth goes pale years before the edges do. Stitching can't fade off, because there's nothing sitting on top to lose. The leaves will still be leaves after the hundredth wash.
How the sizes change the look
- 39"×55" — the small one. Works as a table cover for two, or as a runner-substitute on a sideboard where the embroidery reads at close range.
- 55"×55" — the square. On a round table it falls into four soft points, which is the most forgiving way to dress a round top.
- 55"×71" and 55"×87" — the everyday dining sizes. Enough length that the embroidered detail carries down the table rather than clustering at one end.
- 55"×94" and 55"×102" — the entertaining sizes, for eight seats and the full length of a proper dining table.
- 55"×118" — the long one. Built for a crowd, a trestle, or the annual table that takes up the whole room.

What You're Getting
- The Elegance Leaves Embroidered Tablecloth in your chosen Size
- Embroidered leaf detail stitched into the cloth, not printed on top of it
- Seven sizes, from 39"×55" through to 55"×118"
- Six of the seven at 55 inches wide, so choosing is mostly about length
- Raised stitching that catches light, giving depth a flat printed cloth can't
- Wears evenly — no print layer to go pale in the middle of the table
- Machine washable cool on a gentle cycle
- Iron on the reverse, low heat, to keep the embroidery standing proud
Free tracked shipping to your door. Easy 30-day returns.
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If a piece doesn’t feel right in your home, get in touch within 30 days of delivery. We’ll arrange a refund or exchange — whichever you prefer.
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