Soumak

Beni Ourain

An ivory ground carries a sparse, freehand drawing in warm brown line: a row of triangular peaks along the top gives way to a diamond lattice that loosens into long, irregular vertical lines running the length of the field, echoed by a second band of small triangles near the bottom. A few tiny isolated motifs sit low in the field, unevenly spaced, with plain undyed selvages and warp fringe left bare at both ends.

Berber

An ivory ground carries an all-over lattice of dark brown diamonds across the upper field, giving way lower down to a series of horizontal registers filled with small dashes, dots, and hooked diamond forms. A narrow band near the base holds a row of open diamond medallions above a zigzag line, framed simply by the plain selvedges and flat woven fringe at both ends.

Berber

An ivory ground is organized into horizontal registers separated by thin brown bands, each filled with small figural and geometric motifs worked in dark brown against the pale surface. Repeated stick figures, diamonds, chevrons, small vessel-like shapes, checkerboard blocks, and rows of X's and hooks appear in loose, hand-drawn rhythm across the bands, with occasional flecks of red and blue thread breaking the otherwise neutral palette.

Berber

An open ivory field is overlaid with a loose grid of dark charcoal lines, most running vertically with a few irregular horizontal crossbars. The leftmost line breaks into a zigzagging, tooth-like pattern rather than staying straight, giving that edge a more animated rhythm than the rest of the composition. The rug has no separate border, letting the grid run to the edges, and it finishes in plain undyed fringe at top and bottom.

Berber

An open ivory field is overlaid with a loosely drawn diamond lattice rendered in thin, slightly irregular brown and grey lines, the trellis loosening in places into freehand wandering strokes. Narrow flat-woven bands in brown and cream close the top and bottom, with warp fringe left exposed at each end. The plain, unadorned sides read as a deliberately spare frame around the linear field.

Beni Ourain

An open ivory field is overlaid with a continuous lattice of thin, irregularly drawn brown-gray diamonds running the full length of the piece. A narrow plain border in the same brown-gray tone frames the field, with loose warp fringe left visible at both ends. The high, uneven pile catches light unevenly, giving the diamond lines a slightly wavering, hand-drawn quality rather than a rigid geometry.

Berber

The field is organized in horizontal bands alternating plain ivory stripes with dark brown-black registers filled with small diamond and X-shaped lattice patterns in rust, blue-gray, and cream. No separate border frames the composition; the striped structure runs the full length, ending in loose warp fringe at both ends.

Berber

An open, undecorated field in an ivory-cream tone is crossed by a series of thin horizontal lines in a soft warm brown, spaced at fairly regular intervals from top to bottom. There is no border and no medallion, only the plain ground interrupted by these bands, with a faint reddish mark visible near the upper portion of the field. Both ends finish in loose, unknotted fringe of the same pale, undyed color.

Azilal

An ivory ground left largely open supports a loosely spaced procession of pictorial motifs: paired tall tree-like forms with red and green dotted branches, a row of small quadrupeds, a line of dark stylized human figures with raised arms, and a band of arch-form trees above a row of diamonds and a zigzag border. Colors read as cream, black-brown, muted red and green, with a narrow striped end finish and loose warp fringe.

Tuareg Mat

A pale straw-colored ground is dominated by a stepped, cruciform lattice of deep red and dark brown-black outlines, radiating from a central diamond medallion filled with a fine diamond-lattice pattern into four echoing corner forms. Surrounding this is a border of nested rectangular bands, including a zigzag chevron stripe in red and cream, framed by plain narrow stripes, with loose fringed edges left visible at top and bottom.

Subscribe to