CLASSIC BENI OURAIN CARPET

CLASSIC BENI OURAIN CARPET

Stephanie selected this classic diamond motif design for our weavers to produce in the Altas Moutains. This design is an homage to the Beni Ourain on the cover of Billy Baldwin’s Beni Ourain featured on the cover of his book ‘Billy Baldwin Decorates’ 1972.

“THROUGHOUT HISTORY RUGS HAVE BEEN THE GLORY OF DECORATING, AND TODAY WE HAVE A LAVISH CHOICE….. MOROCCANS —WONDERFUL BEIGE, BLACK AND WHITE GEOMETRICS THAT CAN BRING TOGETHER A ROOMFUL OF ODDMENTS (YOU CAN OFTEN TURN UP A BEAUTY EVEN TODAY). ”– Billy Baldwin Decorates by Billy Baldwin

William Pahlmann, a revolutionary decorator of the 1950’s, was one of the first American interior designers who experimented with Beni Ourain rugs in a traditional home . He designed ‘a living room with walls, ceilings and moldings painted deep neutral shade of cream’… and stained the floors ‘an almost ebony color, a shade that contrasted boldly with a large ivory and brown Moroccan rug woven in a traditional manner’.

Legendary Decorators of Twentieth Century by Mark Hampton p. 143-144

He mixed the contemporary Beni Ourain rug with a pair of Louis XV fauteuils, a Danish Modern sofa and French and Spanish tables. His daring design was punctuated by vivid shots of color: robins egg blue, malachite green and coral.