Camel Moroccan Wool Runner Rug with Brown Bead Column – Hand Knotted Beni Mrirt for Long Hallways

A camel Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. One solid column of natural espresso brown runs down the centre of a plush camel ground, cut in from both sides by blunt V-shaped notches so it reads as five stacked beads joined by narrow necks on the 2.5x10. Every edge is straight: angled shoulders, straight sides and flat ends.

Camel runner rug with a brown bead column lying on a stair landing beside bare oak stairs and a black steel balustrade

It is a bold, warm runner in natural undyed wool for a long hallway, an entryway or the side of a bed, and shown here on a stair landing too. Longer runners add beads of the same size, and it is also woven with the column in a deep smoky green on the same camel ground.

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.

The flat end of the espresso bead column near the fringed camel end of a wool runner, styled with a walnut stool and a chocolate linen throw

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 a wash-tested smoky green column on the green colourway; column about 22 in wide, necks about 8 in
  • 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) 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.