Ouzoud Diamond Beni Ourain Rug

Black rock and white foam, a river boiling through. Ouzoud drops in steps into a pool of boulders, and this diamond Beni Ourain rug lays that pool's bed: stone after stone, water pale between. Weavers once laid stones from memory. Zarbish lays it today.

The dark shapes are tied in a denser wool than the pale bands, so the two read as different materials up close. The shapes along the edges are cut mid-form, and the pattern stops cleanly at the ends.