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About Us

 

 

 

Set up by Souad Larusi and Bert Rozeman in 2000, Larusi specialises in the less known weavings of the Berber tribes of Morocco to bring them to a wider audience.

 

The indigenous Berbers of the Atlas mountains in Morocco produce some of the most interesting textiles and weavings in North Africa; the rugs are characterised by their asymmetrical geometry, manipulation of scale and free composition; some very plain, others more complex, but all with an organic quality and aura that make them very distinct from oriental carpets and rugs.

 

 

 

They were traditionally made mainly for day to day use, to furnish tents, and as bedding against the harsh climate of the Atlas mountains.

 

Although their use was mundane, they are hand- crafted with great skill and the patterns used have at times symbolic meanings; patterns that would dispel misfortune show the 'evil eye', other symbols refer to love and fertility.

 

 

Above: Ilse Crawford's home
(Photo: Martyn Thompson)

 

Top Left: Larusi vintage rugs in Soho House New York
(Photo: Martyn Thompson)