Vintage Moroccan Aït Bou Ichaouen Carpet TS99

A striking vintage Moroccan Aït Bou Ichaouen carpet featuring an abstracted field of distorted lozenge motifs filled with partially dissolved checker forms. The frenetic composition shifts in color saturation at one end, disrupting the rhythm of the piece. Woven in an unusual palette of abrashed fuchsia, ochre, periwinkle, orange, brown and ivory. All wool construction with a lustrous patina.

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Aït Bou Ichaouen

Carpets of this tribe are also known as Talsint, the most remote of the Berber tribes, settled between the High Altas Range and close to the edge of the Sahara. This tribe and their work were undiscovered by the outside world until the mid 1990's. Baring this in mind, Talsint carpets are legendary for their vibrant colors and exotic patterns, perhaps due to the lack of an outside influence or the need for color in the monochromatic world of which they reside. Many of their motifs and techniques have not been found elsewhere in Morocco...these archaic designs reflect an older tradition of weaving history dating back thousands of years in Northern Africa.

tribe.Aït Bou Ichaouen
region.High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
circa.1960's-1970's
dimensions.12'4" x 6'8" / 3.76m x 2.01m
pile height.Low
fringe length.3"
condition.Very Good
rug no.TS99
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