An absolutely outstanding Beni Mguild rug, 1960s-70s, originally made for every day use, representing the top of its genre. The strong painterly composition features a blue ground with subtle color variation interspersed with a green checkerboard pattern that opens up into a freer version of itself. Vertically running side borders in faded magenta and reddish orange finish the overall pattern. Blue-green colored carpets from the Middle Atlas are highly unusual. Please note that such individual designs, which merge a reduced formal language of Modernism with a tribal spirit, have not been made in large numbers. 

The tribal area of the BENI MGUILD is located in the central portion of the Middle Atlas with Azrou as the largest town in the territory. The Beni Mguild tribe is split up into nine sub-tribes divided into three zones: the Azaghar Plateau region, the ridges of the Middle Atlas proper, and the steppes of the upper Moulouya valley. The knotted rugs of the Beni Mguild have a high pile height (up to 4 cm/ 1.57 in) with a dense structure if used as sleeping rugs. The ones used as floor coverings for festive occasions are lower in pile and even denser in structure. The colors are usually brownish purple or burgundy red, white ones are highly unusual, and in rarer cases also blue or green. The rugs of the Beni Mtir, Ait Seghrouchène (with a dark background), Zayan, Guigou and Ait Sgougou are most often confused with the ones of the Beni Mguild.