Vintage Tribal Handmade Moroccan Natural Wool Rug with Geometric Design BB5882 6'3" × 9'8" $4,000

This circa-1940 vintage Moroccan area rug features an all-over design of a multicolored lattice in shades of yellow, orange and blue with crossed linear designs at the center of diamond shapes against a field of neutral beige. Stark and minimalist, the vintage carpet is an intriguing abstract statement. Antique Moroccan rugs have typically been woven by tribal peoples for their utility rather than for decoration.

These vintage carpets experienced a growth in popularity in the West when mid-century modern designers such as Le Corbusier paired the thick piled Berber vintage style area rugs with their minimalist furniture. Many of these Berber antique rugs nyc are woven by the Beni Ourain peoples from the Rif Mountains near the city of Taza in northern Morocco. Colors vary from neutral shades to bright, stand-out hues, with designs ranging from geometric simplicity to free-flowing abstraction. The primitivist feel of many Moroccan carpets makes them attractive to modernist collectors.