Abstract: A napkin holder consisting of a mass of material such as glass, marble, ceramic, plastic, wood, metal or metal alloy or other suitable rigid material which contains two perpendicularly intersecting shafts, one of which extends through the mass and opens onto opposite surfaces of the mass and the other of which intersects the first shaft at a mid-point in the length thereof and extends upwardly to open on an upper surface of the mass is disclosed. A cloth napkin can be inserted through the shafts and can readily be arranged in a wide choice of attractive configurations.