Gien Filet Noël Christmas Dinnerware

What is Gien Filet Noël Christmas dinnerware?

Filet Noël is Gien's Christmas version of its scalloped Filet shape, with colored-pencil and watercolor holiday drawings on French faience made in the Loire Valley. Plates, bowls and cups come in sets, so it is simple to set a table for four or eight.

Once Halloween is packed away, it's time to start thinking about the Christmas table. Gien's Filet Noël is an easy way to do it: the classic scalloped Filet shape, dressed for the holidays with cheerful drawings in colored pencil and watercolor. It's festive without being fussy – just as right for Christmas morning pancakes as for Christmas Eve dinner.

Gien Filet Noël Christmas dinner plates on a plaid tablecloth with a holiday cake

About Filet Noël

Filet is Gien's plain scalloped shape with a single band of color on the rim; Filet Noël is the Gien studio's Christmas version. Like every Gien piece, it is French faience made at the Gien manufactory in the Loire Valley, which has been making tableware since 1821. Pieces come in sets, so it's simple to set a table for four or eight.

Paris Tableware & Gifts, a store in Ridgewood, New Jersey, carries Gien and ships across the continental US, with free shipping on orders over $150.

Setting the Christmas Table

Gien Set of 4 Dinner Plates – Filet Noël

Cocoa, Coffee and Serving

Three Ways to Style Filet Noël

Plaid and greenery – a tartan tablecloth, sprigs of holly and red napkins, as in the photo above.
Layer with solid Filet – set a Filet Noël dessert plate on a solid Gien Filet dinner plate in red or green; see Filet Red and Filet Green.
Keep it white – white linens and candlelight let the colored drawings carry the table.

For more holiday table ideas, read our Christmas table decorating ideas, and for presents, our Christmas gift guide. You'll find more festive pieces in Christmas tableware.