Cream Moroccan Rug with Brown Square Tiles – Hand Knotted Wool Beni Mrirt Area Rug

A cream Moroccan rug with brown square tiles, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. Each tile, about a foot across, is a solid square of natural espresso brown inside a 2.5 in frame of undyed camel, and the tiles are laid like bricks in a wall across a plush field of undyed ivory: on the 8x10, thirty-nine tiles in seven rows of six and five, each shorter row shifted by half a tile. The ivory gutters between them, about 3.5 in wide, meet only in T-junctions, never in crosses.

Cream rug with brown square tiles in a quiet reading room with oak shelves, a cream boucle chair and ottoman and a brass floor lamp

It has the order of a tiled floor and the softness of deep wool, a modern grid that never feels rigid. It suits a living room, bedroom, dining room or reading room, and it is also woven with dusty blue squares in dusty wine red frames.

Framed espresso squares near the long edge of an ivory wool rug styled with a walnut stool, a camel throw and a ceramic cup on a book

Details

  • Hand-knotted by Berber weavers in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
  • 100% wool pile about 25 mm (1 in) deep: undyed ivory, camel and espresso brown fleece, or wash-tested dusty blue and wine red wool on the blue 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 ivory flat-woven ends 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.