The Imperial Garden — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner, Kiku-chō in Terracotta and Gold

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 for a garden table or a room that misses one, the butterflies and chrysanthemums laid where the plates will be.

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.

Pair with the placemat from the same collection.

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