Morocco leather of course is a by-word, and a thousand different types are available. Leather which is decorated with fringes of brown or beige to make travelbags or satchels. Leatherworkers specialize in gold-leaf designs on red or green to make document holders, office or desk furnishings, with arabesques or geometric designs that give a very sumptuous effect. Has a big place in the Moroccan handicraft industry, and offers you candlesticks in several sizes and styles for table, standard or wall-lights. Brass trays exist in numerous sizes, some of them very big indeed and artistically decorated to be placed on wrought-iron legs to make a table for your lounge.
Smaller trays are ideal for serving and even smaller ones make nice ashtrays.
Other specialties include sugar-boxes and incenseburners. Moroccan lanterns have colored glass in sapphire, ruby, emerald, amethyst and topaz shades that cast a delightfully intimate light. Door-knockers are finely carved and some of the older ones that can be bought occasionally make fine antique decorations. Craftsmen make large trays that seem to be woven like a carpet with several different kinds of wood. In Marrakech and Azrou, the woodworkers and cabinet makers use cedar or olive tree wood to make a wide variety of objects.