Collection: Japanese Silk Table Placemats

These silk placemats are cut from vintage Japanese ceremonial obi and kimono, woven in Shōwa and early Heisei Japan for weddings, tea ceremony, and formal occasions. Each piece brings historic Japanese textile craft to the contemporary table.

A single obi often yields only a few placemats, and the textile leads the composition — where motifs fall, where the weave shifts, where gilt and Kinpaku gold leaf catch the light beneath a plate or teacup. Every mat is hand-finished with a linen-weight cotton backing so it lies flat under porcelain, glass, or cast iron, with no metal hardware to abrade silk or table.

These vintage silk placemats are made for long dinners and thoughtfully laid tables, used in rotation and kept between gatherings. Each is one of a kind — once an obi is cut, that composition does not return.

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

Explore the collection below, or contact the atelier to commission a set from a specific obi.