Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner – The Imperial Garden, Kiku-Chō

The Imperial Garden. The chrysanthemum and the butterfly. A pairing carried through Japanese textile tradition for centuries — the flower of autumn longevity and the soul in transit, set together across a single field of silk.

The silk is burnished terracotta, framed by deep aubergine and dusty blue-grey panels. Heavyweight, multi-panel weave. Across the central field, chrysanthemums and cosmos open in muted gold and violet; butterflies move between them in high-definition embroidery, lifted by a metallic shimmer that catches the light from above. The terracotta gives the composition its warmth. The aubergine gives it its weight.

A runner that turns the daily table into something a little finer — quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared meal.

The runner is lined in undyed silk to protect the face. No metal touches the visible silk.

Renaras: Japanese ceremonial silk, reimagined for daily life.

Each piece arrives with its own passport from the atelier — a small record of the silk's first life and its transformation, signed and dated in Amsterdam.

Material: Japanese ceremonial silk, multi-panel heavyweight weave with embroidered kiku-chō motif
Dimensions: 150 × 30 cm (approx. 59 × 12 in)
Construction: Undyed silk lining
Care: Dry clean or spot clean.
Origin: Japanese ceremonial silk, designed and finished at the Renaras atelier, Netherlands.

Pair with the placemat from the same collection.

One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated.