Boucherouite rugs

Anyone who is familiar and appreciative of the art of Moroccan carpet making will have noticed, in recent years, the emergence of a Berber rug called a Boucherouite Rug: a piece of art created from scrap fabrics and clothing.

This more avant-garde style of carpet bypasses the more ordinary manufacture and weaving of Berber rugs as well as the use of traditional materials and raw materials such as wool, cotton, silk or goat's hair.

The Boucherouite rug, considered as a decorative object from "poor art", was born following economic, social and cultural changes in rural areas of Morocco. Nomadic herding is gradually giving way to sedentary agriculture and other more modern forms of employment. Wool used as raw material for the making of carpets for domestic use is thus becoming increasingly difficult to find.

It is therefore natural that the Boucherouite, which means "rag rug" in Arabic, makes its emergence. This Berber carpet is relatively recent since its manufacture developed in the 60s and 70s among the often very modest households of the Moroccan plains.