Exceptionally rare mid-20th c Beni Jelidassen (Beni Ouarain confederation) tahlast (sleeping rug.) This is a rare prestige rug from the Eastern Middle Atlas in Morocco. Very limited examples of these rugs exist and the ones that do are either unavailable or in museum collections. Tribe: Beni Jelidassen Confederation: Beni Ouarain Region: Eastern Middle Atlas pile: medium, excellent wool knots: symmetric warp: goat and wool dyes: mix of synthetic and undyed sheep wool age: 1950's condition: excellent, but has been cut and repaired, likely due to an inheritance, as often is the case with Moroccan prestige rugs. size: 6'2 x 12'6"