Gold & Ivory Washi Origami Crane Place Card Holders

An ivory crane worked in gold at every seat, holding your guest's name. Each one is folded by hand from Japanese yuzen washi — cream ground, gold florals, a trace of grey-green — and holds a place card, an escort card, a menu or a table number.

This is the formal one. Gold on ivory belongs with white linen, crystal and candlelight, and it is the color to choose for a black-tie reception or a hotel ballroom. It carries a table that has no flowers on it at all.

Yuzen washi is patterned sheet by sheet, so the pattern falls differently on every bird. No two cranes in your set will be identical. Up close you can see the fibres in the paper and the way the gold catches as the light moves across the table.

Most guests take theirs home at the end of the night. A place card holder usually ends up in the bin; this one does not.

They are made for weddings, but they work anywhere a table needs names — a rehearsal dinner, an anniversary, a christening, a long dinner at home, a private room in a restaurant.

Working to a date? Tell us before you order and we will confirm honestly whether we can have your set with you in time.