Moroccan Berber rug | 238 x 162 cm | Nr. Z-452
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Moroccan Berber rug
Craftsmanship and timeless elegance come together in this rug in a black-and-white combination. The knot density of approx. 60,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking workmanship visible – right down to the finely executed details. At 238 × 162 cm, it is well placed as a living room rug. Colouring and texture give any room a homely, exclusive note – a one-of-a-kind piece that will last for years.
| Delivery time | 2 days |
| Origin | Morocco |
| Dimensions | 238 cm x 162 cm (= 3.86 m²) |
| Construction | hand-knotted |
| Material | Pile: wool |
| knots | 60.000 |
| Edition | one-of-a-kind piece |
Origin
Moroccan Berber tribes were usually semi-nomadic: as herders they kept their livestock high in the mountains and moved with their flocks from one pasture to the next. The old knotting techniques have been preserved within the Berber tribes for centuries and are passed on from mother to daughter.Moroccan Berber rugs were traditionally knotted for use in the home. This allowed the knotters, most of them women, to play freely and spontaneously with shapes and colours – without any pattern templates – following their own ideas and their individual intuition. The traditional pattern of Moroccan Berber rugs consists of geometric, sometimes colourful, abstract shapes and lines on monochrome backgrounds. Architects and designers such as Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer and Arne Jacobsen admired the naive, clear design of these high-pile Moroccan nomad rugs. The powerful artistic expression of the Berber women has an extraordinary presence and makes Berber rugs one of a kind – quite apart from their fluffy feel.
Material
The hand-spun wool of this Moroccan Berber rug's pile, dyed with natural colours, creates fascinating, shifting patterns. Moroccan Berber rugs are hand-knotted and last a lifetime. Even so, their long pile makes them unusually soft and fluffy. Antique Moroccan Berbers almost feel like a soft blanket that you would happily take to bed with you.The weft threads of this Moroccan Berber rug are made of wool. Cotton was used for the warp threads.
A note on the photos
Child labour? No thanks.
Child labour? No thanks. Children belong in school, not at a knotting frame or a loom. For us it therefore goes without saying that we only offer rugs made under fair conditions and without child labour.
We attach particular importance to humane working conditions and tolerate no child labour at any of our producers. Thank you for helping us to ensure fair conditions.
That is why we support the initiative Care & Fair against child labour in the rug trade.
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1-3 working days delivery time (within Germany) |
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14-day home trial |
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Free delivery & returns within the EU |