Cream and Camel Two-Tone Moroccan Wool Runner Rug with Brown Diamonds – Hand Knotted Beni Mrirt for Hallways

A cream and camel two-tone Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. The runner is split lengthwise down the centre, plush ivory on one side and camel on the other, and a single file of five solid espresso brown diamonds sits on the straight seam on the 2.5x10, half on each colour, tips a few inches apart and never touching.

Cream and camel two-tone runner rug with brown diamonds along a walnut sideboard in a modern dining room

It is a quiet, graphic runner for a hallway, an entryway or the side of a bed, and shown here along a dining-room sideboard too. Longer runners add a diamond for about every two feet, and it is also woven with the second half in an earthy rose, a soft brown-pink like clay.

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.

An espresso diamond on the seam near the fringed end of an ivory and camel 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 ivory, camel and espresso brown fleece, or a wash-tested earthy rose half on the rose colourway; diamonds about 13 in wide and 18 in long
  • 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.