Berber carpet

The carpets come in traditional and modern designs, which are distinguished by different knotting patterns, dyes and fabric textures.

The distinctive knot texture and appearance of traditional hand-woven Berber carpets today are generally woven in brightly coloured designs that are different from other oriental rugs.

Many Berber families earn their primary income from building-up carpets manually and selling them in local markets, merchants and tourists.

Tunisian Berber carpets and rugs, usually called "Mergoum",[5] which still preserve techniques inherited from ancestral weaving methods.

Yellow or brown spots also may be tannin bleed from the sugars in natural fibre carpets that are drawn to the top by improper drying usually caused by overwetting.