The linen tablecloth that earns its place at a dinner party.

This is Solino's everyday cloth: 75 percent cotton and 25 percent linen, white, finished with a hemstitch border. The cotton makes it smoother and less prone to wrinkling than pure linen, while the linen gives it a little texture and weight.

At 58 by 104 inches it covers a 6 to 8 foot table with a generous drop, and it goes in the machine on a gentle cycle with a warm iron if you want sharp lines. Solino says to use only non-chlorine bleach, tumble dry low and take it out promptly.

Skip it if you want the soft, rumpled look of pure linen. A blend never softens the same way over the years, and on a candlelit table the difference shows.

Solino's Classic Hemstitch cloth is 100 percent European flax linen, certified to OEKO-TEX Standard 100, and finished by hand with a hemstitch border. The light natural color is the unbleached shade of flax, which hides a faint wine mark better than bright white.

At 60 by 90 inches it fits the most common dining tables, seating four to eight, with a proper drop. It is machine washable, and Solino recommends a low iron or steam for a crisp table, or no iron at all if you like linen's relaxed wrinkle.

Skip it if you want a bright, formal white. Natural linen reads warm and relaxed, and each batch varies slightly in color and texture, which is part of its character.

Fete is Solino's plainer pure linen cloth: 100 percent European flax, OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified, in the natural shade. Without a hemstitch border, it looks a little more relaxed and modern than the Classic.

At 60 by 108 inches it is the size for an extended table at Thanksgiving or a long dinner party, with enough length for a real drop at each end. Solino also makes it longer still, at 144 inches, for a table with both leaves in.

Skip it if your table seats six or fewer. A cloth that pools at the ends looks careless rather than generous; the 60 by 90 inch Classic is the better fit.

These are 20 inch squares of 100 percent linen, stonewashed so they are soft from the first use and have already done most of their shrinking. The fringed edge gives them a relaxed, rustic finish that suits natural linen.

Twenty inches is a true dinner napkin, generous across a lap. The natural color pairs with Solino's natural linen cloths, and the set of four makes it easy to buy for the full table plus a couple of spares.

SARO suggests a cool wash and a cool iron, and recommends dry cleaning for best results. In practice, linen napkins meet red wine often, so treat stains the same night.