Vintage Zenaga Berber Rug
N°
00847
Period
Circa 1950
Origin
High Atlas, Morocco
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
192 cm x 1306'3" x 4'3"
This vintage Zenaga Berber rug, like many French carpet designs of the mid-20th century were commissioning their weavings in Morocco, which at the time was a French colony, in that they could obtain beautiful pile carpets at a much lower price than in France. Many decades of this type of commissions have inevitably left a mark on local weavings, especially those woven near urban centres. This rug from the Zenaga tribe, located near Tazenacht, an affluent town located in the Moroccan High Atlas, is a clear example of how certain styles can percolate in the indigenous iconography.