Vintage Moroccan Rehamna Carpet RH21

A vintage Moroccan Rehamna carpet with a monochromatic abrashed field of faded red and salmon displaying a painterly composition. The open field is littered with abstracted agricultural elements, large scale medallion motifs and chain forms, knotted in an array of color tones. Knotted in a dense lower pile with sawtooth edges providing protective borders along both selvedges. 100% wool.

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Rehamna

This Arab Maqil tribe with Arabised Berbers lives on the Haouz plains north of Marrakech. Rehamna carpets are typically either a monochromatic ground field of red/orange (sometimes with small motifs), while others can take on a more abstract style, borrowing from the urban carpets of Rabat. The latter approach often exhibit motifs including undulating lines, lozenges, geometric triangles or squares, chessboard, and agricultural elements including animals and plant forms.

tribe.Rehamna
region.Plains, Morocco
circa.1980's-1990's
dimensions.11'10"x 6'1" / 3.6m x 1.85m
pile height.Low
fringe length.6"
condition.Very Good
rug no.RH21
rug no.SOLD