{"product_id":"sundial-brown-vintage-moroccan-rug-6x12","title":"Sundial (6'0\" x 11'10\") – Authentic Vintage Moroccan Rug","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly twelve feet of warm caramel, and on all that ground the weaver placed exactly two things: a sawtooth border in pale duck-egg blue, and one diamond at the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe diamond is built from nested outlines with fine lines radiating from its edges, fanning outward like rays from a dial. The border runs the full perimeter in a single bold zigzag, teeth turned inward. Everything else is left alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRestraint of this kind is uncommon in vintage Moroccan weaving. Most pieces fill the field — with symbols, with medallions, with colour. This weaver did not, and the result is a rug that would sit comfortably in a room designed sixty years after it was made. The pale blue against tobacco brown is an unusual pairing and a quietly sophisticated one; it is softer and warmer than the black-on-cream Beni Ourain everyone recognises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLook closely and you will find the marks of the loom. A faint line runs down the centre where the weaver's reach changed, and the caramel shifts a shade or two across the width where the dye lot moved. On a machine-made rug either would be a defect. Here they are the reason you know a person made it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe buy rugs like this because we would rather sell one honest, irregular, human-made piece than a hundred flawless machine copies. It was hand-knotted in Morocco decades ago, it has already lived a life, and there is not another one anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRug Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e IC-2459\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6'0\" x 11'10\" (1.83m x 3.61m)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-knotted on a traditional loom in Morocco — no machine work at any stage\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage Moroccan rug, Beni Ourain family — minimal composition with a sawtooth border and single diamond medallion\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColours:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caramel brown ground with pale duck-egg blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePile:\u003c\/strong\u003e High and plush\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFringe:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original short fringe at one end\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthenticity:\u003c\/strong\u003e A genuine one-of-a-kind vintage piece. The faint centre line from the loom, tonal drift across the ground and slight irregularity in the sawtooth are inherent to hand-weaving — they are the evidence it is real\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e One of one. Once this rug sells, it cannot be reordered or reproduced\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Professionally washed before dispatch and ready to use on arrival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 6'0\" x 11'10\" this is a large rug with long-room proportions, and the minimal design makes it the easiest piece in the collection to place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiving room:\u003c\/strong\u003e Its natural home. Long enough to carry a full seating group with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or to float all legs on in a compact arrangement\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong or through rooms:\u003c\/strong\u003e The proportions suit a narrow living room or a knocked-through space where a square rug would sit awkwardly\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOpen-plan zoning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large enough to define a seating area within a bigger space\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge bedroom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Best laid across the foot of a king, or floated in a generous room rather than tucked under the bed — at 6' wide a king will overhang it\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGallery landing or wide hall:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long enough to carry a substantial corridor\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMinimal interiors:\u003c\/strong\u003e The reason to choose this over anything else in the collection. It brings age, texture and hand-work into a pared-back room without introducing pattern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalette notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caramel with pale blue is warmer and more forgiving than the black-and-cream Beni Ourain palette, and it sits with a wider range of woods. Try it with walnut, oak, cane, bone linen, cream plaster and unlacquered brass. The blue keeps it from reading as purely warm, which means it works in a cooler room too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions about this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a single vintage rug, so what you see is what exists — it cannot be remade, resized or reordered. If you would like additional photographs, detail shots of the pile or medallion, or a closer look at condition before presenting it to a client, we are happy to send them. Trade enquiries are always welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrite to us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:Info@illuminatecollectiverugs.com\"\u003eInfo@illuminatecollectiverugs.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFree worldwide shipping on every order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Illuminate Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49897379397874,"sku":"2459","price":915.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4623\/files\/brown-vintage-moroccan-rug-6x12-beni-ourain-1253506057.jpg?v=1786106076","url":"https:\/\/www.illuminatecollectiverugs.com\/products\/sundial-brown-vintage-moroccan-rug-6x12","provider":"Illuminate Collective ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}