Ivory Textured High Low Rug – Tone on Tone Hand Knotted Wool Moroccan Shag

An ivory textured rug, hand-knotted in thick Beni Mrirt wool with no dye at all. Large plain ivory blocks are laid in running bond, like stone coursing, and set apart by narrow joints of soft natural oat. The blocks are knotted about twice as tall as the joints, so the whole rug is a tone-on-tone high-low relief: the pattern is drawn in pile height first and colour second, and it runs off every edge with no border.

It is a quiet rug that rewards a closer look, and the relief catches low light beautifully. Because the coursing simply continues to the edges, it scales to any size, from a 3 ft wide hallway runner to a 14x20 ft room rug, and it suits a living room, bedroom or dining room. It is also woven in oatmeal, with oat blocks and camel joints.

Details

• Hand-knotted by Berber weavers in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
• 100% undyed wool pile: the ivory blocks about 25 mm (1 in) deep and the oat joints about 12 mm, set at the loom; the joints are 3.5 in wide
• Each colour is carded in one batch for your rug; natural undyed fleece varies gently in tone, which is part of its character
• Plain flat-woven ends in the block colour with a short ivory fringe; each size is the size of the woven rug, fringe not included. Ends without fringe on request at no charge
• Woven to order in 4–6 weeks, then delivered in 3–5 business days with free US shipping
• Available in every standard size from 3x5 to 14x20 ft, including 9x12, 10x14, 10x10 and 12x15 ft, and as a runner from 2.5x8 to 3x22 ft; other sizes on request
• Progress photos from the loom while your rug is woven
• 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.

Photos show a rendering of this made-to-order design. Each rug is knotted by hand, so expect small variations in colour and line.