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

A cream Moroccan wool runner rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool. Two straight espresso brown rails run down both long sides of a plush ivory field, joined by thirteen solid camel rungs on the 2.5x10, evenly spaced like a ladder; the rungs meet the rails and the rails run a few inches past the first and last rung.

Cream runner rug with a brown and camel ladder in front of a long walnut credenza in a warm modern den

It is a graphic, rhythmic runner for a hallway, an entryway or the side of a bed, and shown here in front of a den credenza too. Longer runners add rungs at the same spacing, and it is also woven with the rungs 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 rails running past the last camel rung toward the fringed ivory end of a wool runner, styled with a walnut 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, espresso brown and camel fleece, or wash-tested storm blue rungs on the blue colourway; rails about 4 in wide, rungs about 3 in deep
  • 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.