Cream and Camel Moroccan Wool Runner Rug with Brown Key Border – Hand Knotted Beni Mrirt for Hallways

A cream and camel Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. A plush camel field runs down the middle inside an ivory frame about seven inches wide, and short solid espresso brown keys cross the frame all the way round, sixteen down each long side and three across each end on the 2.5x10, each running from near the outer edge to the field. The four corners stay plain ivory.

Cream and camel runner rug with a brown key border down the aisle of a home library between tall walnut bookshelves

It is a tailored, architectural runner for a hallway, an entryway or the side of a bed, and shown here in a library aisle too. Longer runners add keys at the same spacing, and it is also woven with the field in a greyed storm blue.

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.

Three espresso keys crossing the ivory frame at the fringed end of a camel wool runner, styled with a light oak stool and an ivory boucle throw

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 a wash-tested storm blue field on the blue colourway; keys about 2.5 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 ivory flat-woven ends 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.