Ouzoud Round 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 round rug lays that pool's bed: stone after stone, water pale between. Weavers once laid stones from memory. Zarbish lays it today.

The lozenges tumble in offset rows and the circle cuts through whichever reach it, so the rim is a run of half shapes. The dark wool is tied so dense that the pale bands between them look like channels.