Rugsville Meknes Moroccan Handmade Ivory Wool Carpet 8' x 10'

The diamond geometry of Berber rugs evolved as a household language, not a decorative one. The motifs marked passage and protection, and the rugs lived as sleeping mats and dowry pieces in the high villages of the Atlas Mountains long before they entered the design vocabulary of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus. Removed from that context and recoloured for a different room, the discipline survives. This ivory rug carries the lattice forward in soft hand-tufted wool that reads warm under the foot.

This rug was hand-tufted in India over 4 weeks by a team of two tufters and a finisher. The pattern was drawn onto stretched canvas, the yarn was driven through with a hand-held tufting gun row by row, and the back was sealed with natural latex and a cotton scrim that locks every loop in place. The last pass was done by hand with long shears, cutting the pile to even depth and bringing the moroccan drawing into relief. The pile is New Zealand wool, picked for its long staple, even crimp, and clean colour, which keeps the pattern crisp once the carving pass relieves one tone above another.

The composition

A ivory ground holds the moroccan composition with no competing borders or guard bands. The eye moves across the field rather than landing on a single feature. The yarn was over-dyed in two baths rather than dipped once, which is why the colour carries a faint tonal shift across the surface rather than a flat mill evenness.

The piece in a room

size as listed settles a study, a dining footprint, or a guest bedroom. The ivory pile reads quiet under daylight and warmer under lamps. Pairs with both pale and stained timber.

Care

Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Every tufted rug loses a little fibre to a beater bar regardless of price. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Light shedding for the first six weeks is normal as loose fibres work out of the pile. Professional dry clean every two to three years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted New Zealand wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Pile: 12 mm
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~4 weeks
• Origin: India

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