Moroccan Lanterns

One simple thing you can add to your room can increase the romance in your life:  Moroccan lanterns.  If you light them up in a dark room, they will transform the mood with a romantic dim light and its shadows of beautiful patterns will mark their presence, a dramatic magical presence that instigates the imagination to go further(at least with me).

Moroccan lanterns are known to be a beautiful ethnic piece that can spice up any place and give it that ethnic articulation that a lot of designers are discovering. The fact that Moroccan lighting looks very artistic and eye catching  in addition to their design, color variations and different materials make them a "pass par tout" kind of lamps.

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The metallic lamp looks raw and earthly.  The goat skin stretched and rapped around it, then tattooed with Moroccan henna displays an original and unique technique and yet simple and natural.

The meticulous details of the Moroccan lamps that are made with metal and glass exhibit a much more complicated and tedious work put into them. The maallims spend long hours designing and cutting the patterns  then putting everything together with special attention to detail as they were making the last lamp ever.


I know there are a lot of gorgeous lamps made all over the world of equivalent if not better quality than these, but what  raised my admiration to these lamps is the method and the tools that are used to make them.  The Maallims have kept the traditional techniques  as they have learned from their Maalims and as primitive as they have been for centries.

The design, however,  is seeing some changes. Designers who ventured into this business are introducing some new favorable designs that cater to an increasing demand from overseas.


 The method and technique of craftsmanship remains the same but the design is evolving while maintaining the traditional look of  Moroccan lanterns and traditional designs still intact and in circulation.

The price of  Moroccan lanterns varies depending on the design, the material used, the size of the lamp and the location of purchase. If you visit Morocco you will more likely get a much better deal if it's not too much to carry.


 The price also goes even lower if you visit a Moroccan village or the place where they actually make them. It would be such a culturally educational experience you never forget.

I have  to say that when you try to buy in Morocco keep in mind that the merchants’ goal is to get the maximum profit (as are all merchants in the world), so don't be shy to negotiate for a better price.

Think about where you want to place it? What color and material you like? what size is perfect for the room? Do you want a lamp that hangs from the ceiling or the one that hangs on the wall? May be the lamp tha stays on the floor?



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