{"product_id":"rare-room-sized-beni-ourain-rug-morocco-c-1950","title":"Rare Room-Sized Beni Ourain Rug, Morocco (c. 1950)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn some ways, this rug is a moderate thing. It hails from the middle of the twentieth century. The Beni Ourain tribespeople who wove it made Morocco’s Middle Atlas their home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet in other respects, it is extreme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts pile is two full inches thick. It weighs an immense 70 pounds and when rolled, has the bulk of a linebacker. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is also exceedingly beautiful in its simplicity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eUndyed Geometry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe rug’s palette is of undyed sheep’s wool in natural ivory and chocolate brown hues. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt center is a column of diamonds, flanked by smaller lozenge motifs. The patterns are as simplistic as they are classical for the type. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWoven for Comfort and Warmth\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeni Ourain rugs—the genuine vintage kind of which this is a prime example—are practical articles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mountain wool is hand-twisted and thick-knotted—a different species from the coarse wool loosely spun by machines and used in the newly made Beni Ourain of today. Press your hand into the springy pile and feel the fibers bounce back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the time when this rug was made, the Beni Ourain \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/beni-ourain-moroccan-rugs-30b0e2b2\"\u003ewove smaller pieces\u003c\/a\u003e as bed covers and shawls. Larger rugs served as barriers against the cold damp of earthen floors. More generous, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nazmiyalantiquerugs.com\/moroccan-beni-ourain-rugs\/\"\u003eroom-sized pieces\u003c\/a\u003e such as this remain rare. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll share the same fundamental qualities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAncient Forms and Modernity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLe Corbusier fell for the geometry of Berber rugs as early as 1924, and Frank Lloyd Wright used a Beni Ourain in his crowning residential masterwork, Fallingwater. That iconic home on Bear’s Run is defined by its bold, formal clarity and the connection it facilities between nature and interior space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo too does a Beni Ourain rug.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Souk Heritage Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46405415731389,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/7057\/7341\/files\/Beni_Ourain_Main_Image.jpg?v=1771202890","url":"https:\/\/soukrugs.com\/products\/rare-room-sized-beni-ourain-rug-morocco-c-1950","provider":"Souk Heritage Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}