Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner by Renaras

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Aka. The pure ceremonial red.
The colour of protection, vitality and auspicious occasion — present in shrine gates, lacquerware, and … Read more Aka. The pure ceremonial red.
The colour of protection, vitality and auspicious occasion — present in shrine gates, lacquerware, and the formal textiles of Japanese ceremonial life.

The ribbed silk ground catches light at different angles, the aka shifting between deep vermilion and bright scarlet depending on hour and source. Against this living red, radiating silver geometric lines and triangular motifs are precision-woven in metallic gin thread — the silver counterpart to gold in the Japanese ceremonial vocabulary. The pattern belongs to the yagasuri tradition, when Western geometric influences were absorbed into Japanese weaving and reinterpreted through Nishijin Jacquard precision. The aka gives the composition its temperature. The silver gives it its discipline.

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 handmade record of the silk's first life and its transformation, signed and dated in Amsterdam.

Material:
Japanese ceremonial silk, ribbed obi with silver gin geometric stripe

Dimensions:
152 × 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 placemats from the same collection.

One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated. Labeled by Maker See less