From left to right bread plate with a butter knife top left of dinner plate.
Dining table cutlery set up.
The picture shows the correct positioning.
Put the dinner knife and soup spoon on the right side of the plate and the fork on the left.
Place your cutlery in the order that it will be used starting from the outside.
Again cutlery should be about 1 inch out from the edge of the plates.
The following is the traditional way to set each place setting on the dinner table.
Knife blades should be facing towards the plate and fork prongs facing upwards.
The rule of thumb is the place mat should begin about 1 inch from the edge of the table.
The dessert fork is the closest to the dinner plate.
Table setting is an art form with rules to be followed for arranging the cutlery plates and glasses.
Place all forks to the left of the dinner plate.
Plate for butter or bread.
Always place knives with the blade facing inward on your table setting.