In the weaving traditions of the High Atlas, the diamond is not merely a shape. It is a symbol — of protection, of the eye, of the feminine principle that runs through Amazigh culture. When a weaver arranges diamonds in a column, she is not making a decorative choice. She is making a statement.
This rug is built around that statement. The central column of nested diamonds — each one containing another, smaller diamond at its core — rises from the base of the field to the top, flanked by a border of smaller diamonds along both sides. The composition is ancient and resolved. It has been refined over generations of weavers working in the same tradition, each one adding her own interpretation of colour and proportion.
The palette here is vivid and uncompromising: fuchsia pink, orange, yellow, teal and black on ivory. It is the colour of the High Atlas in spring — wildflowers against limestone, saffron against snow. Woven by hand over several weeks, this rug carries that landscape into your home.