Berber Kilims, Moroccan Rag Rug

Morocco’s Berber craft Boucherouite rugs. Can also be hung on walls. Authentic vintage rugs that make a colorful and warm statement. Made from sustainable materials by local artisans – including cotton, nylon and wool. Each is one of a kind.

Dimensions : 130 cm x 212 cm = 4.2 ft x 6.9 ft

Beautiful bold and eye catching Boucharouite rug made of wool and cotton. The quality is just superb, the textures and the choice of colours are absolutely fantastic! This piece will not be unnoticed!

Made of fabrics and wool in the Ourika Valley. The “Boucharouite”, in arabic “Bu Sherwit” means piece made of torn or pre used fabric or rag. This style is the result of a change in the Moroccan society when the berber tribes started to settle and went into farming or other form or employment in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Materials for these rugs may include wool, cotton, synthetic fibre, lurex, nylon and plastic. The rugs are free style they do not respond to any logic except the one of the weaver who may have been influenced by patterns and designs from her own ancestral tribe.

Traditionally, these rugs were created with bits of leftover textiles in places where raw materials were rare — a beautiful and resourceful way to recycle. Today, Berber women continue the tradition, crafting rugs in an eye-popping array of colors and wild patterns.

They are fun, vibrant, very often colourful and very much in fashion at the moment. Enjoy!