Cream Moroccan Wool Runner Rug with Camel Blocks on a Brown Line – Hand Knotted Beni Mrirt for Entryways

A cream Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. One straight espresso brown line runs down the centre of a plush ivory field and threads five solid camel blocks, large and small in turn on the 2.5x10, like beads on a string; the line shows between every block and runs a few inches beyond each end block.

Cream runner rug with camel blocks on a brown line down the middle of a walk-in dressing room with oak wardrobes and a travertine island

It is a calm, modern runner for an entryway, a hallway or the side of a bed, and shown here in a dressing room too. Longer runners add blocks on the same rhythm, and it is also woven with the blocks 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.

The espresso line running out past the last camel block toward the fringed ivory end of a wool runner, styled with a walnut stool and a camel 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 wash-tested storm blue blocks on the blue colourway; line about 3 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.