Ajar , a fine woven Berber tapestry, featuring the colours of the South is more a decorative item. Mooshtia and the grey Klim are examples of adaptations to fashion, both being used as ground or wall decorations today. Kairouan carpets are hand knotted and made of pure sheep wool. Berber carpets are thick and made of long hair sheep wool. They are white or beige with or without motives.
Motives are in warm colours and various shapes, but generally discreet.
Modern Kilims The Klim or Kilim is a short napped woollen carpet traditionally made by the nomads of Southern Tunisia. Formerly used to cover litters on camels or to split tents, they nowadays serve for both ground and wall decoration. Traditional Klims feature motives using triangle and rhomboid shaped patterns in various colours. Our Klims come in four standard sizes. The Mergoum is another form of ground tapestry and comes in various standard sizes.