Chocolate Brown Moroccan Rug with Cream Dashes – Hand Knotted Wool Beni Mrirt Area Rug

A chocolate brown Moroccan rug with cream dashes, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. Short, bold dashes of undyed ivory, each about 2.5 in thick with softly rounded ends, run in rows across a plush field of natural espresso brown like lines of Morse code: on the 8x10, fourteen rows of four dashes of different lengths, in a new order on every row, with two wider plain bands that group the rows five, four and five. The dashes never touch, never stack into columns and never cross.

Chocolate brown rug with cream dashes in a walnut-panelled study with a walnut desk, a brass lamp and a cream boucle chair with a camel throw

It is a deep, warm rug drawn with a light, rhythmic hand, modern and easy to live with. It suits a living room, bedroom, dining room or study, and it is also woven on a dusty, brown-leaning wine red field.

Ivory dashes ending before the long edge of a chocolate brown wool rug styled with a boucle stool, a camel throw and an amber glass

Details

  • Hand-knotted by Berber weavers in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
  • 100% wool pile about 25 mm (1 in) deep: natural undyed espresso brown fleece with dashes about 2.5 in thick in undyed ivory, or a wash-tested wine red field on the wine colourway
  • Each colour is carded, and dyed where it is dyed, in one batch for your rug; natural undyed fleece and hand-dyed wool vary gently in tone, which is part of its character
  • Plain narrow flat-woven ends in the field colour (espresso brown, or wine red on the wine colourway) with a short ivory fringe; each size is the size of the woven rug, fringe not included. Ends without fringe on request at no charge
  • Woven to order in 4–6 weeks, then delivered in 3–5 business days with free US shipping
  • Available in every standard size from 3x5 to 14x20 ft, including 9x12, 10x14, 10x10 and 12x15 ft, and as a runner from 2.5x8 to 3x22 ft; the design is drawn to the proportions of each size, and other sizes are available on request
  • Progress photos from the loom while your rug is woven
  • New wool sheds a little for the first few months; vacuum on suction only

Care

Vacuum without a beater bar, rotate every six months, blot spills with cool water, and have it professionally washed every three to five years.

Photos show a rendering of this made-to-order design. Each rug is knotted by hand, so expect small variations in colour and line.