The Vermilion Tides — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Placemat, Linear Horizon in Vermilion and Gunmetal

The vermilion horizon, set at one place. The architectural counterpart to the Vermilion Tides runner — bold horizontal planes, linear horizon, the meeting of vermilion and gunmetal.

A Japanese ceremonial silk placemat, one motif from a single obi, finished at the Renaras atelier in Amsterdam.

The same heavyweight silk as the runner, here treated to architectural clarity rather than fluid wave. A field of saturated imperial vermilion is dissected by bands of gunmetal grey. The lustrous satin finish captures light differently across each colour block, creating dynamic visual rhythm. The vermilion gives the setting its conviction. The gunmetal gives it its line.

A placemat that lifts a single place at the daily table — quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared meal.

Each placemat 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 runner from the same collection. Each placemat is unrepeatable; acquire as many as you need.

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