Side view of two people sitting across a table with a centrepiece between them
A line from the left person's eyes passes over the top of the centrepiece and shows the lowest part of the person opposite that they can still see.
Low bowl
Tea lights and a small vase
Jar of stems
Tall vase
Centrepiece height
Centrepiece width
Your eye height above the table
Table width
A simple side-on model. It assumes both people sit about 15 cm back from the table edge and that the centrepiece stands in the middle. Features of the face are drawn at typical distances below the eyes; real faces vary.