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9 Places With Eco-Friendly Table Linens For a Beautiful Place Setting

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2 years ago

July 17, 2024

Alice Rush

Whether you’re preparing an intimate dinner at home or a celebratory party, this guide to eco-friendly table linens — from tablecloths and table runners to napkins and placemats — will help you set a sustainable place setting.

The table linen brands and retailers in this guide use natural and eco-minded materials like linen (read up on linen here) and/or follow ethical production practices, ensuring fair wages and safe conditions for their makers. Among these options, you’ll find:

Tablecloths
Table runners and table throws
Placemats
Cloth napkins

Note that this guide includes affiliate links which means we may earn a small commission if you choose to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. As always, all brands meet high standards for sustainability and are brands we love — and that we think you’ll love too!

1. Made Trade

Conscious online store Made Trade has eco-friendly and fair trade tablecloths from numerous brands including organic cotton table runners from Zuahaza, linen tablecloths from AmourLinen, organic plant-dyed kitchen textiles from Ichcha and more. You can sort by values like BIPOC-owned, Fair Trade, Sustainable, and more to find tablecloths and other kitchen linens that meet your values.

Materials: Linen, Organic Cotton, Cotton

Price Range: $14 – $202

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Mustard yellow sustainable tablecloth made from linen

2. Magic Linen

Magic Linen has dreamy linen everything — including tablecloths and kitchen linens! Their stonewashed tablecloths made from 100% European flax linen are ultra-versatile, perfect for both casual and more elegant, formal occasions. Ensuring safety for their makers and their customers, Magic Linen’s eco-friendly table linens are OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 certified products.

Material: Linen

Price Range: $42 – $166

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3. Sand Snow Linen

Sand Snow Linen’s minimalist tablecloths are sure to elevate your dining table with their soft linen fabric and beautiful draping. What’s incredible about linen too is that it’s durable and even looks better with each wash!

All of the small businesses’ tablecloths are made local-to-them in Lithuania.

Material: Linen

Price Range: $50 – $140

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4. Linoto

Linoto is a Black-owned linen home textiles brand sourcing quality linen from mills in Italy and Belgium and manufacturing locally in the U.S.

They carry tablecloths, as well as “treeless” linen towels that can be used as dinner napkins. These towels are made from offcuts of Linoto’s linen products, as part of the brand’s Zero Waste Program.

Material: Linen and Upcycled Linen

Price Range: $8 – $355

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5. Wonder Linen

Wonder Linen has a variety of elegant yet cozy table linens made with 100% linen fabric.

Their gorgeous eco-friendly tablecloths come in washed soft hues and the brand has lovely ruffled tablecloths for adding a bit of personality to your table as well.

Material: Linen

Price Range: $4 – $81

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6. Libeco

For over 150 years, Libeco has been creating quality textiles from Belgian linen. Their collection of eco-friendly table linens includes cloth napkin sets and table throws made with exceptional quality. In fact, the brand holds the Masters of Linen® quality label!

In addition to using a more sustainable fiber for their textiles, Libeco has a zero waste policy for production.

Material: Linen

Price Range: $205 – $280

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7. Caraway

The perfect complement to their non-toxic ceramic cookware, Caraway has organic cotton kitchen linens — napkins, pot holders, and an apron — for an aesthetically coordinated kitchen.

If you’re starting from scratch, Caraway also offers their full kitchen linen set for a discounted price.

Material: Organic Cotton

Price Range: $30 – $55 (full set: $135)

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