Berber wool rug woven and embroidered from the High Atlas

Runner rug. Woven and embroidered rug. Ait ouaouzguites tribe, high atlas, ouarzazate region. Length: 204 cm, width: 71 cm. The high atlas rug: ait ouaouzguites rug, a tribe that populates the territory between ouarzazate and taznakhet: these works use the same weaving technique as that used for city rugs. They can also be called: glaoua rugs. There are three specific techniques which are: knotted stitches (handcrafted work), tapestry and flat weaving structured in symmetrical windows. We thus find all the arts of carpet weaving, this type of carpet is both woven, knotted and embroidered, the colors are natural.