Rug Margoum Alcous 162x250 cm
- Width
- 162 cm
- Length
- 250 cm
- Color
- Beige Brown Grey White
- Compositions
- Wool
- Type
- Margoum
- Origin
- Tunisia
- Use
- Living room rug
Tunisian Margoum carpet from the city of Kairouan. Unique piece handmade by a skilled craftswoman.
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Rug - Margoum / Mergoum - Certified "First choice" by the National Handicrafts Office of Tunisia.
This is a unique piece that will bring a tasteful decoration.
Did you know? The Margoum is a type of rug that is only made in Tunisia. It is a city rug handmade by the craftswomen from the cities of Kairouan, El Jem and Oudhref.
The margoum is a rug both woven and embroidered which gives it a smooth appearance decorated with reliefs. The mixture of its wool weft and cotton warp makes it a rigid and solid rug.
The margoums are always decorated with diamond-shaped motifs which symbolize fertility. However, there are no two identical margoums.
Here is the meaning of the main symbols of the Rug Margoum Alcous 162x250 cm :
Note: Originally, the symbolism of Berber signs refers mainly to life, the fertility of the couple and the fertility of the land. Over the centuries, the meanings have often evolved or overlapped.
The rhombus
The diamond is the Berber carpet pattern par excellence. It appears on almost all Berber carpets in the Maghreb, whether in Tunisia, Algeria or Morocco.
Meaning 1: The diamond is an ancient Berber feminine symbol that represents woman and her beauty. It represents the womb of life, the uterus or the woman's body as a whole.
Meaning 2: The eye or the mirror: what reflects or allows one to see.The representation of the eye is in the Berber culture a way of countering the evil eye. In the same way, the mirror reflects the evil eye against itself.
Data sheet
- Width
- 162 cm
- Length
- 250 cm
- Color
- Beige Brown Grey White
- Compositions
- Wool
- Type
- Margoum
- Origin
- Tunisia
- Use
- Living room rug
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