South American

Boujad

The field is a soft mint green ground scattered with a vertical column of large lozenge (diamond) medallions in rust red, mustard yellow, cream, and lavender-blue, each filled with small stepped or figural motifs in contrasting shades. Flanking smaller diamonds and scattered dot and triangle forms in orange, black, and pink fill the surrounding field, while the border is a narrow band of solid dark brown edged with a thin serrated ivory-and-black zigzag line. Both ends finish in loosely knotted ivory fringe.

Moroccan Kilim

The field is composed entirely of horizontal bands in rust orange, grass green, and cream, without a distinct border to frame them. Rows of small stepped and diamond-shaped figures, along with rows of tiny stylized animal or bird forms, run intermittently across several of the cream stripes. The end finishes as loose warp fringe, and a small stitched mark in dark thread appears in the upper section of the field.

Haik Kilim

The field is composed entirely of horizontal bands in varying widths of brown, running the full length of the piece without a distinct border. Thin accent lines of orange, cream, deep green, and red thread through the wider brown stripes, growing denser and more varied in the lower half. A small cluster of orange marks appears near the bottom left corner, breaking the otherwise strict horizontal rhythm.

Beni Ourain

The field is a plain expanse of undyed brown, its tone shifting subtly in broad horizontal bands from a warmer chestnut to a deeper umber. Thin, irregular cream-colored lines run in wavering horizontal courses across the surface, interrupted at intervals by small scattered motifs of paired dots and cross-like marks in ivory. There is no distinct border framing the composition, leaving the striations to run unbroken to the fringed edges at top and bottom.

Glaoua

The field is organized in broad horizontal bands of rust, sage green, taupe, and ochre, divided by a narrow central column carrying small diamond and cross motifs down its length. Interspersed among the plain bands are two narrower registers of small stylized figures, including a row of quadruped forms rendered in cream against a dark ground. The ends finish in loose knotted fringe in rust and taupe tones.

Beni Ourain

An ivory ground is overlaid with a diagonal brown lattice forming a grid of diamonds, each enclosing small motifs - crosses, hooked lozenges, tiny scattered dots, and one framed by a plain diamond outline in the upper left. A zigzag line runs along the top edge, while the lower field breaks into a row of larger, stepped diamond medallions with pendant forms before ending in loose warp fringe.

Azilal

An open, ivory ground is scattered irregularly with small brown, ochre, and pale grey geometric blocks, triangles, and stepped forms, organized loosely into horizontal bands rather than a repeating grid. A row of triangular peaks appears just above a lower register of narrow vertical panels near one end, while the opposite end is finished with a plain warp fringe.

Beni Ourain

An undyed, ivory-toned ground is overlaid with an irregular brown lattice of diamonds drawn in a loose, hand-drawn line rather than a rigid grid. There is no separate border, the trellis running edge to edge, but the lower quarter of the field breaks into a denser register where each diamond encloses a small secondary motif - dots, hooks, and tiny stepped forms. The palette stays limited to the natural cream ground and a warm brown line throughout.

Azilal

An open ivory field is anchored by a single large lozenge medallion outlined in brown and salmon, flanked by small rectangular and diamond tokens scattered asymmetrically at either side. Horizontal bands above and below carry rows of stacked diamonds and a zigzag chevron in brown, salmon, and pale ochre, framed by a narrow brown border. Warp fringe is visible at both ends.

Azilal

An ivory ground is crossed by a network of vertical brown lines running the full length, interrupted at intervals by horizontal bands in black, teal, and blue. A sinuous, hourglass-like brown motif rises through the center of the field, echoed at several points along its length, while scattered dots of yellow, green, and blue punctuate the lines throughout. Loose warp fringe finishes both ends, and a plain narrow brown border frames the composition.

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