Rugsville Moroccan Beni Ourain Brown Wool Carpet 5' x 8'

A Moroccan diamond grid held in brown, woven in a hand-knotting tradition that runs back at least four centuries on the subcontinent. The workshops were first set up under Mughal patronage and have continued without interruption through colonial trade and into the present. The cartoon for this piece was drawn fresh for the loom rather than copied from a printed swatch, which is why the proportions read clean against the eye.

The work took 3 months. 2 to 3 weavers shared the beam, tying knots of dyed wool through a cotton warp one row at a time. The wash at the end of weaving softens the pile and locks the colour. What you receive is a single object woven by named hands, not a panel cut from a long roll of broadloom carpet.

The composition

The Moroccan diamond grid runs across a brown field. The single-tone composition lets the geometry do the work, and the wool's natural variation carries the eye. The colours are a starting point rather than a final state. The wool deepens, the contrasts soften, and the surface earns the patina that vegetable dye rewards over the years.

What you are buying

At this price the rug is a working entry to hand-knotted wool collecting. The fibre, foundation, and technique are the same the workshop uses for pieces that sit at four or five times this price in retail. The piece lasts decades and earns patina rather than wear.

The piece in a room

At 5' x 8' (152 x 244 cm) the rug frames a sitting cluster with a low table and seating partly on the field, or anchors a primary bedroom. The palette has the depth a wool dye carries that a printed alternative never reaches. It sits next to mid-tone wood and warm metal without effort. Calm upholstery lets the geometry breathe; busy upholstery suppresses it.

Conservation

An underlay matched to the rug's footprint stops slip on hard floors and adds years to the foundation. Rotate end for end at the change of the seasons. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Press spills out with a dry cotton cloth before introducing any water. Send the rug for a wool-trained hand-wash every five to seven years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 152 x 244 cm (5' x 8')
• Construction: asymmetric knot, hand-tied
• Knot density: ~120 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~691,000
• Hands: 2 to 3 weavers, 3 months
• Pile: 9-10 mm wool
• Origin: India

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