The old Berber women who weave our Beni Ourain carpets have tattoos on their faces, henna on their fingertips, and they learned how to warp a loom from their great grandmothers. They have spend their entire lives in a remote village in the Middle Atlas Mountains sipping mint tea and spinning wool. Each weaver signs […]
Now is the time to get that authentic Beni Ourain carpet you’ve always wanted for your home or office….we are having a Special Sale on our Beni Ourain Carpets. All of the Beni Ourain Carpets posted on our new online SHOP are 20% off the listed price. We are celebrating our new collection of contemporary Beni Ourain rugs […]
Dreaming of a Bohemian bedroom? Add a sparkling Moroccan wedding blanket + a set of indigo blue pillows for an easy exotic transformation. Now our exclusive online collection of exceptional vintage Moroccan wedding blankets are on sale for the month of April, 2015. Save 20% up to 30% off @ our new online SHOP + […]
Our colorful tall Moroccan tea glasses grace the pages of April’s Traditional Home. Casbah chic for spring 2015…
Tom Delavan’s work space at Gilt Home’s offices recently appeared in the New York Times. A mix of modern lucite, white aluminum and a hand-woven Beni Ourain carpet, it is an idea that has been explored by early modernists such as Frank Loyd Wright and Mies Van der Rohe. Delavan floats his über controlled white rectangles on top of the creamy […]
A Perfect Match: Beni Ourain carpet + Emerald green velvet sofa & a gold cocktail table photo from Lilly Bunn Interiors
Not until the1990′s, did the wider world learn of Azilal rugs, textiles woven by Imazighen women of the Azilal province in the Moroccan region of Tadla-Azilal in the Atlas Mountains. These artistic abstract rugs were created for personal domestic use and not for sale in the local Berber rug markets. This avant-garde style of weaving […]
Simple Moroccan tribal carpets look exotic yet practical and durable in landscape designer Miranda Brooks‘ child-friendly townhouse, featured in the January 2013 issue of Vogue. Brooks hand-picked the carpets herself during a working trip to Morocco. These carpets feel like old familiar friends to us, warm and welcoming with a timeless style. Her collection of Beni Ourain tribe carpets with […]
Marrakech Design notes: Moroccan carpets come in unconventional sizes, usually no wider than 6 1/2 feet. Interior designer Barrie Benson solves this problem by layering a long rectangular Beni Ourain carpet on top of a sisal rug to expand the floor covering area. The cream tones and texture of the undyed wool blend beautifully with the […]
