Rug Margoum Zaytouna 200x290 cm
- Width
- 200 cm
- Length
- 290 cm
- Color
- Blue
- 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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Large living room rug - Margoum / Mergoum - Certified "First choice" by the National Handicrafts Office of Tunisia.
This is a unique piece that will give your living room 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 Zaytouna 200x290 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.
Blue
Blue is the colour of wisdom and the path of dreams in the Berber tradition. It is also the colour of water, the universal source of life.
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Data sheet
- Width
- 200 cm
- Length
- 290 cm
- Color
- Blue
- Compositions
- Wool
- Type
- Margoum
- Origin
- Tunisia
- Use
- Living room rug
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