Taormina is decorated with a sequence of geometric ornaments inspired by Byzantine and Sicilian art. The rhythmic pattern gives the collection a rich cultural reference while keeping the overall shape controlled.
18/10 stainless steel. Monobloc / solid-handle table knives. The carefully finished stainless steel brings clarity to the collection’s lines, proportions and decorative details, creating a refined play of light across the table.
When designing for the table, the focus is balance, restraint and the feeling of holding something that already belongs in your hand.
The 30-piece Taormina set extends six place settings with six cake forks, allowing its Byzantine-inspired geometry to remain after the larger dinner pieces have been cleared. The pattern becomes smaller and more intimate, but the visual language of the table continues.
Because the decorative language is concentrated into a smaller object that is handled and viewed at close range. Taormina’s geometric relief becomes almost jewel-like on the cake fork, turning a familiar dessert utensil into a small fragment of Sicilian-inspired ornament.
No. Sambonet creates the texture as a double-sided relief during the moulding of the piece. The decoration therefore belongs physically to the object rather than sitting only on its surface, giving the geometry depth and a more tactile presence in the hand.
Once the larger dinner pieces disappear, there is more negative space around the remaining cake forks and tea spoons. The geometric motifs become more visible, allowing Taormina’s reference to Sicilian and Byzantine decorative culture to emerge more clearly.
When repetition, relief and geometry continue after dinner. Across six cake forks and tea spoons, Taormina reduces the rhythm of mosaic-like decoration to the scale of the hand, allowing dessert to become the quietest but perhaps most concentrated expression of the collection.
