2020's Moroccan Beni Ourain Rug - 9.8 X 6.6 Ft

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Elevate your space with our modern Beni Ourain Rug. This 9.8 x 6.6 ft white rug is handcrafted by Berber … Read more Elevate your space with our modern Beni Ourain Rug. This 9.8 x 6.6 ft white rug is handcrafted by Berber women in Morocco, featuring a traditional diamond pattern. The soft, plush pile offers both comfort and style to any room. Beni Ourain tribes come from the North-Eastern Middle Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The Middle Atlas region resembles a great crescent moon curving from the coastal foothills east of Casablanca past Khenifra and north to the Mount Zerhoun area above Fez.
The weavers use organic wool for making these carpets made from 100% sheep wool. This is wool shorn from a sheep, rather than taking from a sheepskin after the sheep has been killed. They are soft, very cozy under foot and perfect to use in winter to bring a Scandinavian style and a warm feeling and light in your interior. They are made for those who appreciate truly the natural and the tribal beauty with soft colors.
Beni Ourain rugs share his signature style with geometric design. It’s a classic design of the Moroccan carpet. You can often expect to see dark brown lines and shapes on a white or cream background. You’ll also see sometimes mysterious symbols, date or signature who give an exceptional charm on the rug.
The traditional knotted pile carpets and flatweaves from the Middle Atlas rely primarily on an asymmetrical format consisting of transverse panels with variations of the diamond motif. The symmetrical compositions with borders and Turkish design elements reflects the growing influence of the weaving centers on the Atlantic coast.
A Beni Ourain rug have almost always lozenge as geometric design. The lozenge combines the concept of the vagina, the womb (matrix), the mother's body, or the whole female figure. The so-called Venus statuettes, the oldest representations of a human being in art, are often close in shape to an upright lozenge. By association the female form and the vulva were reduced to a single shape and merge into each other. This also explains the absence of arms and feet. The lozenge is normally upright in a pile carpet, and lies horizontally in a flat weave. Without changing its meaning, it may take on another polygonal forms through various degrees of stepping, and may become a rectangle. See less