Place all forks to the left of the dinner plate.
Dining table cutlery set up.
The following is the traditional way to set each place setting on the dinner table.
The dessert fork is the closest to the dinner plate.
Always place knives with the blade facing inward on your table setting.
Table setting is an art form with rules to be followed for arranging the cutlery plates and glasses.
Put the dinner knife and soup spoon on the right side of the plate and the fork on the left.
From left to right bread plate with a butter knife top left of dinner plate.
The rule of thumb is the place mat should begin about 1 inch from the edge of the table.
Place your cutlery in the order that it will be used starting from the outside.
Center the dinner plate upon the place mat.
A table setting consists of a dining set a cutlery set and glassware make sure the base of any vertical silverware always aligns with the bottom rim of your plate.
Again cutlery should be about 1 inch out from the edge of the plates.
The picture shows the correct positioning.