Berber Pile Carpet with Modernist Design

Slate blue lines on ivory wool, drawn by a hand that was in no hurry to be straight.

This 20th century pile carpet was knotted by Berber weavers in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Its modernist design is a loose grid of tall rectangles, each one slightly different from its neighbor. Twentieth century architects fell hard for rugs from this region and laid them in their white rooms. It is easy to see why. The wool pile is deep and soft, and the small irregularities keep the eye moving.

It asks only for a floor and bare feet.