Taupe and Cream Striped Moroccan Wool Runner Rug with Brown Dashes – Hand Knotted Beni Mrirt for Long Hallways

A taupe and cream striped Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. A plush warm taupe field, a soft brown-grey like mushroom, runs the whole length between two ivory rails and stays open to both fringed ends. Short solid espresso brown dashes cross each rail, eighteen a side on the 2.5x10, the two sides offset by half a step.

Taupe and cream striped runner rug along a gallery landing beside a black steel balustrade overlooking a double-height hall

It is a tailored, quiet runner for a long hallway, an entryway or the side of a bed, and shown here on a gallery landing too. Longer runners keep the same spacing between the dashes, and it is also woven with the centre 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.

The taupe centre running to the fringed ivory end of a wool runner between dashed rails, 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: warm taupe, ivory and espresso brown fleece, or a wash-tested earthy rose centre on the rose colourway; rails about 7.5 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.