{"title":"The Rugs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"divided-field","title":"Mrirt | Sculptural Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOMING SOON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-knotted in Taznakhte, the Ouarzazate region, southern Morocco. 100% wool from the Atlas Mountains, the highest quality available in the region. Dense knotting, high pile, braided tassels. Dyed in tones of warm sand and camel that shift between light and shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaznakhte is the heartland of Moroccan rug weaving. The craft there is carried by women’s cooperatives who have knotted wool on traditional looms for generations. This piece is born from that mastery but speaks an entirely contemporary language. Where traditional Amazigh rugs encode meaning through symbols and motifs, this one encodes it through form alone. The surface is carved into a raised grid of rounded cells, sculpted by the density and height of the pile. The result is architectural. A textile that behaves like stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe texture is what defines it. Underfoot, each raised cell gives slightly, then holds. The effect is three-dimensional, tactile, quiet. A rug designed to change a room through presence, not pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe technique is ancient. The vision is new. That is what makes this piece rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e250cm x 180cm. One of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVacuum on low with care around the raised texture. Spot clean with a damp cloth. Professional rug cleaning recommended for deep care. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fourth Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57094510575941,"sku":null,"price":2100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9822\/9829\/files\/freepik_large-moroccan-sculptural_2758470879.png?v=1775831389"},{"product_id":"burnt-orange-lattice","title":"Runner | Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-knotted on a traditional loom in the Errachidia region, southern Morocco. Natural sheep wool from the Atlas Mountains, undyed. Cotton warp and tassels. The ivory you see is the colour of the fleece itself. No pigment has touched this piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmazigh women have woven rugs across Morocco’s Atlas and pre-Saharan regions for over two thousand years. The craft passes from mother to daughter. Nothing is drawn. Nothing is planned on paper. The design lives in memory and in the hands. The raised diamond lattice on this piece is one of the oldest motifs in that tradition. A talisman. Protection, fertility, the journey of life. Not a decorative pattern. A message that predates written script.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade using a rug beater, spindle, and studded boards. Techniques and tools that have not changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e239cm x 73cm. One of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVacuum on low. Spot clean with a damp cloth. Professional rug cleaning recommended for deep care. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the natural wool tone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fourth Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57094511657285,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9822\/9829\/files\/freepik_make-img1-2-times-longer._2758237322.png?v=1775833451"},{"product_id":"fortress-gate","title":"Mrirt | Amber Field","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-knotted in the Khenifra region, Middle Atlas, Morocco. 100% wool from the Atlas Mountains. Dense, soft pile. Ivory ground with large organic fields of amber, ochre, navy, and teal. The diamonds are traditional Mrirt. The scale and composition are not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMrirt is one of the most respected rug traditions in Morocco. It originates in the Middle Atlas Mountains around the town of Beni M’rirt, where women have hand-knotted thick pile rugs for generations. The technique produces a plush, heavy textile built to endure mountain winters. What sets this piece apart is the weaver’s decision to break the traditional grid. The diamonds float. The colour fields move freely across the surface. Amber pours into ivory. Navy sits against teal. It reads like a painting held together by the oldest symbols in Amazigh weaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nested diamonds are among the most powerful motifs in the Amazigh visual language. Each layer builds outward from a central point, forming what is known as the all-seeing eye. Protection for the home. A ward against harm. The weaver has placed them across the full surface in navy, teal, ochre, and amber. Each one watching. In Amazigh tradition, the diamond carries protection, fertility, and the sacred boundary between inner life and the outside world. Scattered at different scales across this piece, they create a field of quiet guardianship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wool has been washed and finished to feel soft and settled from the start. Sun-washed tones, matte warmth, quiet depth. Designed to bring calm to a space rather than demand attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e200cm x 305cm. One of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVacuum on low. Spot clean with a damp cloth. Professional rug cleaning recommended for deep care. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fourth Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57094512509253,"sku":null,"price":2750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9822\/9829\/files\/freepik_add-the-woven-part-of-the_2756272963.png?v=1775816674"},{"product_id":"the-cartographers-thread","title":"Flatweave | Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-woven in the Hanbel technique near Fès, northern Morocco. Hanbel is the oldest form of Amazigh weaving. No knots. No pile. The weft thread passes directly through the warp, back and forth, building the textile row by row. The result is flat, thin, reversible, and entirely exposed. White wool from Ait Ouelmes, dyed with natural henna. Cotton warp and tassels. The warm terracotta tone comes entirely from the plant. No synthetic pigment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe symbols are Amazigh. They predate written language. Diamonds for protection and fertility. Crosses for balance between opposing forces. Chevrons for progress and direction. Zigzag borders to deflect harm outward. Comb motifs for barley and wheat, a wish for abundance. Grid patterns for social harmony. Read together, band by band, they form something close to a benediction. The upper portion is dense with meaning. The lower half opens into silence. The weaver composed this piece the way you would compose a poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlatweave is the most unforgiving of all weaving techniques. There is no pile to absorb irregularity. Every line is exposed. Every angle must hold. The weavers work from memory and from her mother’s teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmazigh women have woven this visual language across Morocco’s Atlas and pre-Saharan regions for over two thousand years. This piece carries that inheritance forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e314cm x 190cm. One of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVacuum on low. Spot clean with a damp cloth. Professional rug cleaning recommended for deep care. 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