Boucherouitte

Boucherouitte rugs are made from strips of recycled fabric, cotton, synthetic fibres, old clothing, knotted into a pile on a warp foundation. The word derives from Moroccan Arabic: bu chourit, roughly "from torn clothing." The tradition emerged in urban and peri-urban Morocco during the twentieth century as a resourceful domestic practice.

The palette is determined entirely by what fabrics were available, producing chromatic combinations that no intentional dye programme would generate. In recent years, boucherouitte has gained significant international design attention, which has led to pieces made specifically for export, tending toward less interesting results than pieces made within a genuine domestic recycling context.