The Bengara-Ume — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner, Plum Blossom and Asanoha in Rust Red and Slate - Linens & Bedding
Price £288
Bengara. The rust-red of ancient Japan. The iron oxide red of temple interiors and lacquered ceremonial objects — woven here through the demanding kasuri technique. A Japanese ceremonial silk table runner, cut from a single obi and finished at the Renaras atelier in Amsterdam. The foundation is dyed in bengara — the rust-red historically reserved for Japan's most enduring architectural surfaces. Against it, two of Japan's most classical motifs are rendered in precision kasuri weave: the floating ume plum blossom in muted slate blue, counterbalanced by the geometric asanoha hemp leaf pattern in cream and olive-gold. Kasuri requires individual threads to be resist-dyed before weaving, then aligned by hand so the pattern forms precisely as the loom works. The bengara gives the composition its warmth. The kasuri gives it its precision. A runner for a table in a room of clay and slate, the plum blossom keeping the rust red from ever being heavy. 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. Product type Table runner Silk source Japanese ceremonial silk, Tsumugi kasuri with ume plum and asanoha hemp leaf Weave / technique Tsumugi silk with kasuri resist-dye, ume plum blossom and asanoha hemp leaf motif Construction Undyed silk lining Dimensions 150 × 30 cm Origin of silk Japan Assembled in Amsterdam, Netherlands Care Spot clean only Unrepeatable Yes SKU REN-RUN-005 Pair with placemats from the same collection. One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated.
Category: table runner
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Item The Bengara-Ume — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner, Plum Blossom and Asanoha in Rust Red and Slate
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