Abstract: A clip securement assembly includes a hairpin-shaped clip made of a continuous strip of resiliently flexible flat stock and having an elongated base member, an attachment member and an auxiliary clip member for removable insertion on the top and bottom surfaces of an edge portion of a table top so as to retain a tablecloth thereon. The clip securement assembly also includes a pair of complementary detachable fastening elements for releasably attaching the base member of the clip to a bottom side of an article of dinnerware, such as a plate, for anchoring the plate on the tablecloth on the top surface of the table top. One of the pair of complementary fastening is attached on a terminal end portion of the base member of the clip, while the other of the pair of fastening elements is attachable on the bottom surface of the plate. The fastening elements are aligned and pressed together to anchor the plate firmly to the base member of the clip and thus on the top surface of the table top.