4 x 9 Vintage Moroccan Azilal Rug 74818

74818 Vintage Moroccan Azilal Rug, 04'00 x 08'08. 

With its whimsical triangular patterns, this Moroccan Azilal runner is based on free and abstract compositions. It’s multiple triangles and color pop on the creamy-beige field gives this Moroccan hallway runner an explosion of Berber craft and style. Animated with invigorating triangles and chevrons, this vintage Moroccan runner offers many meanings that are represented through its geometric shapes. The chevron pattern has great historical meaning in the history of Moroccan rug-making as a continuation of the range of feminine and reproductive symbolism displayed by Berber carpets. This Berber Moroccan rug’s chevron pattern alludes to a woman’s opened thighs and her readiness for conception. The series of triangles symbolizes a woman's breasts; a sign of nourishing abundance and good fortune. Triangles are known to represent the past, present, and future or spirit, mind and body. The orientation of triangles are important too. A triangle that points upward represents a strong foundation or stability, as it is rooted to the ground through a solid base. Triangles that point-up also symbolize male energy, and fire and air are masculine elements. The downward pointing triangle represents female energy, and water and earth are feminine elements.

• Rendered in variegated shades of beige, sand, red, and mint. 
• Abrash. 
• Hand-knotted wool. 
• Made in Morocco. 
• Berber Tribes of Morocco.
• Measures: 04'00 x 08'08.
• Date: 1960s. Mid-20th Century.