Dolce & Gabbana Blu Mediterraneo | Designer Tableware, Plates & Serving Pieces | Thomas Goode India
The Blu Mediterraneo collection is one of Dolce & Gabbana's most sustained expressions of the Mediterranean coastal world as a design language. Where the Carretto Siciliano collection draws from the folk-art tradition of the Sicilian interior, Blu Mediterraneo looks outward — to the sea, the light on the water, the botanical life of the Sicilian and Southern Italian coast, and the colour palette of a landscape shaped equally by the natural world and by centuries of Mediterranean culture.
The result is a collection of designer tableware and home pieces in which the deep Sicilian blue that gives the collection its name is the constant. Every piece in the Blu Mediterraneo range exists within this blue world, and every motif — the stella (star), fiore (flower), foglie (leaves), and their combinations are drawn from the natural vocabulary of the Mediterranean. Available exclusively at Thomas Goode India within the broader Dolce & Gabbana collection, the Blu Mediterraneo range spans the complete table: dinner plates, soup plates, side plates, charger plates, platters, teacup and saucer, wine glasses, serving trays, and decorative pieces.
Thomas Goode India is an authorised retailer of Dolce & Gabbana home items, available at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi and online.
The Motif Language of Blu Mediterraneo
Understanding the Blu Mediterraneo collection begins with its five named motifs. Each piece in the range is identified by one of these names, and together they define the design vocabulary of the collection.
Stella (Italian: star) is the collection's most graphic motif — a geometric star form set against the deep Mediterranean blue ground. The Stella motif has roots in the decorative arts of the Mediterranean basin, where the star appears across Islamic geometric ornament, Byzantine mosaic tradition, and Southern Italian ceramic heritage. In the Blu Mediterraneo table setting, Stella brings a formal, geometric presence that reads as both traditional and modern.
Fiore (Italian: flower) introduces a botanical register to the collection. The flower motif in Blu Mediterraneo is rendered in a stylised form characteristic of Dolce & Gabbana's approach to pattern, simultaneously referencing the hand-painted tradition of Sicilian and Calabrian ceramics and the graphic precision of contemporary design. The Fiore pattern is available in full format and as Fiore Piccolo (small flower), with the smaller motif producing a more textured, all-over pattern character.
Foglie (Italian: leaves) is the collection's most naturalistic motif — dense, layered botanical leaf forms that fill the plate surface with an organic depth. The Foglie pattern in deep blue on white carries the quality of a woodblock print, with the blue leaves rendering differently at different scales of the piece.
Fiore/Foglie is a combined motif bringing the flower and leaf patterns together on a single piece, producing the collection's most complex and richest surface. The combined motif is used on charger plates and soup plates, where the larger format provides sufficient surface for both pattern elements to be read clearly.
Blue is the collection's most minimal direction — pieces in the Blue colourway carry a simpler, more restrained surface treatment within the same deep Sicilian blue palette, suited to buyers who want the Blu Mediterraneo colour world without the full pattern density of the botanical and star motifs.
About the Collection
Dinner Plates
The Blu Mediterraneo dinner plates are sold in sets of two across five motif directions: Stella, Fiore, Fiore/Foglie, Azzurro, and Fiore Piccolo. Selling in pairs rather than individual pieces reflects the Dolce & Gabbana approach to table service: the collection is designed to be assembled progressively, with mixed motifs producing a table setting where each place setting carries a distinct but harmonious pattern. A table where no two adjacent plates are identical, but all share the same deep blue world, is the Blu Mediterraneo dining ideal. The dinner plates are 26 cm in diameter, proportioned for both European and contemporary South Asian formal dining.
Charger Plates
The charger plate, also called a service plate or presentation plate, is placed at the table before the meal begins and remains through the first courses as a base plate beneath the soup and starter plates. In the Blu Mediterraneo collection, charger plates are available in Stella, Fiore, Fiore/Foglie, Foglie, Fiore Piccolo, and Blue motifs. The charger plate is the most visible single piece at the formal table setting, and the Blu Mediterraneo charger — with its full decorative surface and deep blue character — makes the design intent of the table immediately legible to every guest. The full range of charger plates available at Thomas Goode India can be explored alongside the Blu Mediterraneo selection.
Soup Plates
Soup plates are available in Fiore, Fiore/Foglie, Foglie, Stella, Blue, and Fiore Piccolo motifs, each sold as sets of two. The soup plate format in the Blu Mediterraneo range is a rimmed plate, wider and shallower than a bowl, suited to the formal soup course in a plated dinner service. Mixing the soup plate motif with the dinner plate motif — a Fiore soup plate alongside a Stella dinner plate, for example is consistent with the collection's design intention and produces a table of controlled variety.
Side Plates and Bread Plates
Side plates in Stella and Blue, and bread plates in Stella and Fiore Piccolo, extend the Blu Mediterraneo service into the smaller formats required for a complete formal table setting. These pieces coordinate with the dinner and soup plates to complete the full plate range within the Blu Mediterraneo world.
Platters and Serving Pieces
The Blu Mediterraneo serving format is represented by three platter pieces: the Oval Platter Fiore, the Round Platter Stella, and the Small Oval Platter at 29 cm x 25 cm. These are the collection's most architecturally present serving pieces — large-format porcelain platters in the Fiore and Stella motifs that carry the Blu Mediterraneo design language at the table's centrepiece scale. They pair naturally with the Bowls & Dishes and Tabletop & Cutlery collections for a complete formal dining setting.
Teacup and Saucer
The Blu Mediterraneo Teacup and Saucer in the Stella motif extends the collection into the tea service format, providing a Dolce & Gabbana designer tea cup that connects the dining table to the afternoon tea setting. It pairs naturally with the Tea & Coffee Sets collection for those building a Blu Mediterraneo service across both dining and tea contexts.
Wine Glasses
The Blu Mediterraneo Set of 6 Wine Glasses, one glass for each graphic in the collection, is among the most distinctive pieces in the range. Six wine glasses, each carrying a different Blu Mediterraneo motif, produce a table where glassware extends the design vocabulary of the plates into the vertical dimension of the setting. Each glass is individually decorated within the same blue and white palette, creating a set that is both visually cohesive and individually varied. They sit within the broader Barware collection at Thomas Goode India, and complement the Stemware range for a complete formal table.
Trays
The Blu Mediterraneo tray range spans three material formats. The Wooden Rectangle Tray and Wooden Rectangular Tray are produced in wood with the Blu Mediterraneo decorative surface applied, creating serving or display trays suited to the home bar, the sideboard, or the dining table. The Wooden Square Tray provides a more compact format. The Metal Round Tray brings the Blu Mediterraneo pattern to a metallic circular format suited to drinks service and cocktail presentation. All four trays extend the Blu Mediterraneo aesthetic beyond ceramic into mixed-material serving pieces. They complement the cocktail accessories and serving pitchers available in the Barware collection.
Porcelain Trinket Trays and Decorative Pieces
The two Blu Mediterraneo Porcelain Trinket Trays at 10 x 10 cm are small decorative surface pieces suited to the dressing table, the desk, or as accent objects within a broader Blu Mediterraneo table composition. The two Blu Mediterraneo Ashtrays, available in 10 x 17.5 cm and 18 x 18 cm formats, are the collection's largest decorative porcelain pieces outside the plate and platter formats, and carry the same deep blue decorative surface in a more object-like form.
Moka Box with Bialetti
The Moka Box Medium, including three Blu Mediterraneo porcelain cups and three silver stir sticks alongside a Bialetti moka coffee maker, is the collection's most self-contained gifting format. It combines the Dolce & Gabbana Blu Mediterraneo porcelain aesthetic with the iconic Bialetti moka pot — Italy's most recognisable domestic coffee object — in a single curated set. This is a gift that brings together Italian design culture across two of its most celebrated domestic registers: the fashion and homeware identity of Dolce & Gabbana and the culinary identity of Bialetti. It sits naturally within the Gifting collection as one of the most distinctive Italian luxury gift sets available at Thomas Goode India.
Building a Complete Blu Mediterraneo Table Setting
The Blu Mediterraneo collection has sufficient depth across plate formats, serving pieces, glassware, and trays to furnish a complete formal dining occasion from the first course to the table's centrepiece. A complete setting would typically combine charger plates in one motif (Fiore or Stella), dinner plates in a second or mixed motif, soup plates in a third, and side plates and bread plates to complete each cover. The round or oval platter serves the central course, the wine glasses carry the decorative identity into the vertical, and the trays serve the drinks before and after the meal.
For those building a wider Dolce & Gabbana table, the Blu Mediterraneo range connects naturally to the Carretto Siciliano collection, the Coffee Cup & Saucers, the designer coffee mugs, and the scented candles available in the broader Dolce & Gabbana range at Thomas Goode India.
Gifting Guide
The Blu Mediterraneo collection is well suited to gifting for weddings, housewarmings, and personal occasions where the recipient has a contemporary aesthetic sensibility and appreciates Italian luxury design. A set of mixed Blu Mediterraneo dinner plates, a serving platter, and the Moka Box with Bialetti assembled as a curated gift offers a coherent Italian home story at a scale appropriate for a significant occasion. Individual pieces are a charger plate in the Fiore motif, a set of porcelain trinket trays, or the wine glass set of six all are suited to more personal gifting where the Dolce & Gabbana design identity is the primary gift message.
To Shop the Dolce & Gabbana Blu Mediterraneo Tableware Collection Online in India, the full range is available at thomasgoode.in/collections/blu-mediterraneo, with personalised assistance from the Thomas Goode India team at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Dolce & Gabbana Blu Mediterraneo collection?
The Blu Mediterraneo collection is a Dolce & Gabbana tableware and home range centred on the colour palette and natural motif vocabulary of the Mediterranean coast. Every piece is designed within a deep Sicilian blue and white palette, with named motifs including Stella (star), Fiore (flower), Foglie (leaves), Fiore Piccolo (small flower), and their combinations. The collection spans dinner plates, charger plates, soup plates, side plates, platters, teacup and saucer, wine glasses, trays, and decorative pieces.
What do the Blu Mediterraneo motif names mean?
The motif names are Italian words describing the natural forms they represent. Stella means star, referencing the geometric star motif drawn from Mediterranean decorative traditions. Fiore means flower, applied as a stylised botanical form. Foglie means leaves, rendered as dense botanical leaf patterns. Fiore Piccolo means small flower. Blue refers to a more restrained colourway within the same Sicilian blue palette. Together, they form a complete natural vocabulary drawn from the coastal Mediterranean landscape.
Can a complete dinner service be assembled from the Blu Mediterraneo collection?
Yes. The collection provides all plate formats needed for a complete formal dinner service: dinner plates, charger plates, soup plates, side plates, and bread plates, all in coordinating Blu Mediterraneo motifs. The design intention supports mixing motifs within the same table setting, with each place cover carrying a distinct pattern within the shared deep blue palette. Serving platters and wine glasses complete the table setting.
What is the Bialetti Moka Box in the Blu Mediterraneo collection?
The Moka Box Medium is a curated set combining a Bialetti moka coffee maker with three Blu Mediterraneo porcelain cups and three silver stir sticks. It brings together two of Italy's most celebrated design identities — Dolce & Gabbana's home aesthetic and Bialetti's iconic domestic coffee culture — in a single gifting format. It is one of the most distinctive Italian luxury gift sets available at Thomas Goode India, available within the Gifting collection.
How does the Blu Mediterraneo collection differ from the Carretto Siciliano collection?
The Carretto Siciliano collection draws from the folk-art tradition of the Sicilian painted cart, with vivid multicolour narrative scenes and a maximalist palette across reds, golds, and ochres. The Blu Mediterraneo collection is centred exclusively on a deep Sicilian blue and white palette with natural coastal motifs — star, flower, leaf. Both are Dolce & Gabbana collections available at Thomas Goode India; the choice between them is one of colour world and decorative register rather than relative quality.
How should Blu Mediterraneo porcelain pieces be cared for?
Blu Mediterraneo porcelain tableware should be hand-washed with a mild liquid detergent and warm water, and dried immediately. Dishwasher use over time can affect the intensity and sharpness of the surface decoration. Wooden trays should not be submerged in water; wipe clean with a damp cloth and dry immediately. The metal round tray should be dried thoroughly after washing to prevent water marks on the decorative surface.
