Boujad, c.1980

Boujad, c.1980 · 290 × 190 cm · GLB-101170

€2,225290 × 190 cm · 9.5 × 6.2 ft

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Size: 290 × 190 cm · 9.5 × 6.2 ft
Pile: Medium
Age: Vintage
Material: 100% wool
Condition: Very Good
Reference: GLB-101170

Hand-knotted in Morocco from mountain wool and found in the valleys where these traditions live, not in a factory and not made to an export size. The slight irregularities are the weaver’s hand; the softness is the years. No two were ever the same, and this one is now yours alone.

Around the town of Boujad in central Morocco, Amazigh (Berber) women weave bold, warm rugs in saturated reds and oranges — less copied than most, because fewer people know the name.

Origin. Boujad, Khouribga province, central Morocco

Technique. Pile-knotted; medium pile on wool foundation

Palette. Saturated reds, warm oranges, saffron, and the odd indigo, over ivory

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Vacuum gently and without a beater bar. Rotate periodically for even wear. Blot spills immediately, never rub. Professional cleaning only; these are natural-dye wool pieces and should never be machine washed.

A natural wool rug ages into its character. Minor shedding in the first months is normal and settles with use.

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The story of this rug

The Diamond She Kept for Herself

Magenta to the four corners,
one diamond set in the middle like a ring,
orange at its centre.
She was not making it for anyone else.

Every Boujad weaver sold rugs, and every so often she made one that was not for sale. You can tell them: they are bolder. This one is magenta edge to edge, a colour that takes nerve, with a single great diamond in the centre drawn in orange and violet and a scatter of small shapes around it like things she thought of while she worked. Nothing is symmetrical. Everything is sure. It was knotted around 1980 in a town where the walls are pink and the dust is pink and the evening is pink, and it is pinker than all of them.

Forty years have softened the magenta towards rose in the places the sun found it and left the orange bright. The pile is low and the rug lies flat as a canvas. It is a painting for a floor, and it wants a room that is otherwise white and brave enough to let it talk.

Handwoven rugs grow in beauty, memory, and value with every passing year.