Antique Chichaoua Rug, 160 X 260 Cm, Haouz, Morocco, 1920-1940, Hand-knotted Wool, Berbers

Old Chichaoua carpet, early 20th century, 1920-1940, Haouz region and the Atlantic plains. Rare piece measuring 160 cm wide by 260 cm long, in wool on wool; In the triangle formed by Marrakech, El Jadida, and Agadir, we find the Haouz carpet of Marrakech, the Gulad carpet of Bousbaa, Chichaoua or further south of Chennana, the Aït Immour carpets.
This type of carpet presents a sort of wandering of patterns in the field. The Haouz carpets inscribe the image of traced signs.
The old Chichaouas are characterized by an old pink and straw background, inscribed with uncertain lines of great disorder, filled with mysteries, roughness and violence. We can guess human postures, many animals, vases and mountains ..... But this disorder is only order and purity. The illiteracy and isolation of these Berber women were expressed in the silence of the very construction of carpets by an abstract tribal iconography deeply buried since the dawn of time in their collective consciousness.
These carpets tell the story of women's lives, each woman creates her carpet, her carpets, which makes each piece unique and singular.
(Far from today's commercial criteria) These women prisoners of their conditions express themselves in their creation thanks to their imagination making works of art worthy of the greatest museums of modern and contemporary art. # Rural art is mainly practiced by Berber artisans who are daily confronted with problems directly related to nature with which they have an immediate and complex relationship.
They express their close contact with nature through the creation of carpets that turn out to be beautiful spontaneous masterpieces. In addition, rural carpets represent an important repertoire of individual experiences and shared knowledge about the physical reality of nature. These rough, clumsy, sometimes awkward rugs that are the Chichaoua works are from a world apart. These exciting works, this virtuosity is of the order of the conceptual.
Dimensions: 160 cm (63") x length: 260 cm (102"), The old and modern rugs of Morocco are always dyed naturally.
Very good condition collection, this piece will find all its splendor on the wall of a home
## Note the rug is rectangular, the photo providing perspective;
Our model is in very good condition for its age, has the characteristics described above.
It has been cleaned professionally and ecologically like all of our 600 rugs.
## The buyer of this marvel will receive an invoice serving as a certificate and a complete description of the object Last photo shows:
"Antique Zerbiya rug, Rabat, Morocco, 142 cm x 290 cm,
hand-knotted wool, mid-19th century to late 19th century," ZERBIYA RUG, MOROCCO, RABAT, MID-19TH CENTURY,
extremely rare rug present on our PROANTIC gallery.
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