KEEPER’S NOTES: Use to politely dab the corners of one’s ‘oven’.

No dinner party is complete without these elegant napkins. Delicately screen printed on linen, they are both charming and practical.

Each contains an extract from a story and leads to some enticing after-dinner delights, the perfect quirky housewarming gift.

About the Napkins

Based on a design originally made for the infamous Thélème Club, the map is a thinly disguised guide to cottaging in 1930s London.

Public lavatories appear alongside popular tourist attractions, such as London Zoo and Westminster Abbey.

The toilets are charmingly represented by what seems to be jousting tents, perhaps intended to invoke a suggestion of two knights coming together wielding their erect lances. Two lavatory attendants, brandishing toilet brushes, can also be seen reclining in the foreground.

Each ‘tent’ or toilet has been numbered with its corresponding coordinates for you to find, but sadly, only a few of these spots remain today.

Story on napkins

“No, sir” growled Mr Mumble, Doyen of the Thélème Club. "No, not those napkins," he said sharply, "My guests and I require the special napkins".

The word 'special' pronounced with distinct singularity, though he was wringing out every drop of exclusivity it held. Not one for being caught off guard, he quickly said: "But my dear boy, do you know what you are getting into?" The young man replied, "How bona to vada your dolly old eeke," and winked.

READ THE STORY OF THE THÉLÈME NAPKINS