Beni Ourain

A pale ivory ground carries a thin, irregular blue lattice that shifts register across the field: a zigzag diamond band at the top, a run of vertical stripes and lozenges through the middle, and an uneven grid of squares and rectangles filling the lower portion. There is no distinct border, the linework simply meeting the outer edges, and the drawing has a loose, hand-drawn quality with lines that waver and misalign slightly at their junctions.

Berber

An open ivory ground is divided by a single horizontal line into two unequal fields, sparsely marked with brown line motifs: short vertical strokes and slender ladder-like columns in the lower section. The left and right borders differ from one another, one composed of stacked diamond lattices with two solid brown lozenges near the top, the other formed of interlocking diamonds that resolve into a solid triangular point near the base. A muted grey-brown band crosses the lower field just above the fringe, and loose warp ends are left knotted along the bottom edge.

Beni Ourain

An open, undecorated field in a natural warm taupe surrounds a single ivory frame set well inward from the edges, with no additional motifs breaking the surface. The heavy, uneven pile shows subtle striations of tone across the ground, and loose warp fringe remains at both ends.

Berber

The field is left entirely open, a deep shag of mottled brown and grey pile shading subtly from lighter tan tones at the edges to a richer chocolate hue at center, with faint vertical striations running the length of the field. A plain undyed cream border frames the field on all sides, and loose ivory fringe finishes both ends.

Beni Ourain

An open ivory field is left largely bare, crossed by thin brown horizontal lines and scattered short dashes of varying length. Below a band of small comb-like marks, the lower field carries a loose scatter of small glyphs - hooks, ovals, and short vertical bars - with four narrow striped columns descending toward the bottom edge. Plain warp fringe finishes both ends, with a stray red thread knotted near one corner.

Berber

A solid dark brown field is left entirely open, uninterrupted apart from a single horizontal band of pale, irregular flecked striping crossing the lower third. This field is set within a plain wide ivory border, unadorned except for the natural variegation of its surface, with loose fringe visible along the lower edge.

Berber

A field of solid abraded blue, its surface animated by rows of staggered rectangular blocks in rust, moss green, ochre, taupe and pale coral, each block filled with small linear or dotted motifs in cream and white. The blocks are arranged in offset horizontal bands rather than a strict grid, with irregular spacing between them, and a plain narrow border edged with small notched marks in gold and cream frames the composition.

Berber

An open ivory field carries a single elongated diamond outlined in a soft brown line, its apex touching the upper edge and its lower point nearly reaching the fringe. The composition is otherwise unadorned, with no border, letting the pile's natural variations in tone read as subtle striations across the ground. Loose warp ends form a modest fringe along the bottom edge.

Berber

An open ivory field, left almost entirely bare, is interrupted by a scattering of small brown vertical marks near the upper edge and three longer, thicker brown bands rising from the lower border. The composition is markedly asymmetrical, with no repeating pattern or enclosing border to frame the field. Loose, undyed fringe finishes both ends.

Berber

The field is left entirely open, an undyed cream ground with a soft, cloud-like variation of tone running from ivory to pale tan across the surface. Two small brown squares sit asymmetrically off-center, one slightly higher and to the left, the other lower and to the right, the only applied color on the piece. Both ends finish in long, loosely twisted fringe left in the natural undyed shade.

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