Vintage Moroccan Area Rug with Tribal Geometric Design on a Blue Background BB5941 5'9" × 14'0" $9,000

This circa-1940 vintage Moroccan rug features a bold design of a diamond center medallion flanked by geometric abstractions in shades of yellow, orange and midnight blue against a field of light blue. A geometrically patterned main border completes the look of the vintage carpet. Moroccan rugs have typically been woven by tribal peoples for their utility rather than for decoration.

These vintage Moroccan rugs for sale experienced a growth in popularity in the West when mid-century modern designers such as Le Corbusier paired the thick piled Berber rugs with their minimalist furniture. Many of these Berber antique oriental rugs 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.