Vintage Moroccan Azilal Carpet AZ86

A lively vintage Moroccan Azilal featuring an amorphous lozenge network dotted with highly abstracted motifs. X-forms and checker motifs are curiously positioned, coming into focus as they shift across the field. Knotted in a colorful palette of turquoise, cobalt blue, yellow, red, warm brown, and charcoal on an ivory ground. Constructed with a combination of lustrous wool pile and industrial yarns on a cotton warp.

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Azilal

This High Atlas village produces some very colorful carpets from a Berber tribe of the same name. The Azilal tribe shares many patterns and symbols that are similar to its Beni Ouarain cousin, but differ in knot technique. The main difference is in construction, Azilals utilizing a single knot technique, while the Beni Ouarain tribes use a double knot and weave entirely in wool. Azial carpets can be made of a wool pile with various other fibers woven into the backing. This is due in part to limited access of raw wool material and the lack of need for the rugs to provide insulation from the cold.

tribe.Azilal
region.High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
circa.1980's
dimensions.8'4" x 4'2" / 2.54m x 1.27m
pile height.Low
fringe length.3"
condition.Excellent
rug no.AZ86
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