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On the dining room table, layer rattan place mats with a linen tablecloth and cloth napkins.
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
From botanical prints to rattan place mats, the garden girl trend teaches you how to spruce up spaces by embracing nature.
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Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
In addition to choosing a centerpiece, be thoughtful about your table runner or tablecloth, place mats, chargers, flatware and napkins.
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Sydney Wasserman, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
The floral salad plates belonged to Cain's great-grandmother, but the napkin rings and place mats are newer pieces she's picked up along the way.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined above
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“Place mat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/place%20mat. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
place mat
noun
: a small table mat on which a place setting is laid
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