The 18th century dining table is laid with china from the Far East – one plate and one set of cutlery per person. In the middle of the table stands a costly plat de menage for oil and spices where today we would place a vase of flowers.
The family dines in the French style: The food is served in sets, each set entailing a number of dishes, a bit like the traditional modern-day Danish Christmas luncheon. All the dishes are served on precious china or silverware by blue-liveried footmen and placed strictly symmetrically on the table.
The plat de menage is of Meissen china and originates from Bidstrup Manor south of Randers.