Brown and Camel Moroccan Wool Runner Rug with Stepped Columns – Hand Knotted Beni Mrirt for Hallways

A brown and camel Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. Two solid columns of natural espresso brown run almost its full length side by side, with a narrow channel of camel between them. Their inner edges are straight and their outer edges step out in square two-step teeth, nine a side on the 2.5x10, like a pair of stepped towers seen from above.

It is a bold, architectural runner in natural undyed wool, drawn for a long hallway, an entryway or the side of a bed, and shown here on a stair landing too. Longer runners add a tooth for every extra foot, and it is also woven with storm blue columns on an ivory field.

Made for hallways, landings, entryways and bedsides. Not for stairs: the 1 in (25 mm) hand-knotted pile hides the edge of each tread and cannot be fitted around a stair nose.

Details

• Hand-knotted by Berber weavers in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
• 100% wool pile about 25 mm (1 in) deep: undyed camel and espresso brown fleece, or wash-tested storm blue columns on undyed ivory on the blue colourway; columns about 5 in wide
• Each colour is carded, and dyed where it is dyed, in one batch for your runner; 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 (camel, or ivory on the blue colourway) with a short ivory fringe; each size is the size of the woven runner, fringe not included. Ends without fringe (overcast flatweave) on request at no charge
• Woven to order in 4–6 weeks, then delivered in 3–5 business days with free US shipping
• Sizes: 2.5 ft (30 in) wide from 2.5x6 to 2.5x14 ft, and 3 ft (36 in) wide from 3x8 to 3x22 ft; the pattern is drawn to each length, and other sizes are available on request
• Width guide: a 2.5 ft runner suits halls about 38–42 in wide and a 3 ft runner halls about 44–48 in wide; leave 4–6 in of floor on each side and stop the runner 6–12 in short of each end
• Progress photos from the loom while your runner is woven
• Use a thin non-slip rug pad, and check that doors open clear of the deep pile
• 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.

Each rug is knotted by hand, so expect small variations in colour and line.