Vintage Moroccan Aït Bou Ichaouen Carpet TS_101

A striking vintage Moroccan Aït Bou Ichaouen featuring an overall pattern of female fertility motifs. The forms are arranged into neatly organized bands, creating vertical chains that repeat over and over. The ground color shifts, with hues of saturated magenta and fire red lending depth and contrast throughout. Note the linear weighty selvedges framing the piece. All wool with a lustrous patina, c. 1960’s. Generously scaled for everyday use.

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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.13'4" x 7'4"
pile height.Medium
fringe length.2" and 3"
condition.Very Good
rug no.TS_101
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