ABOUT US

A passion for North African craft and rustic Berber and Islamic elements inspires Medina, the mid-Atlantic's wholesale resource for hand-crafted Moroccan home furnishings and accessories.  Wrought iron, intricate ornamentation, and roughly woven grasses inform the aesthetic that blends rich accessible luxury with livable style and international flair.  Medina home furnishings are warm, welcoming, and add interest and depth to any decor.

British ex-pat and owner John Wilson's graduate studies in social anthropology at Cambridge University and subsequent research and travels in Africa and the Middle East shaped his continuing fascination with Moorish stylistic elements.  "Marrakech is a crossroads of design," says Wilson.  "Many European designers are working there now, injecting timelessness with a modern aesthetic.  You see this happening everywhere in Morocco, impulses coming together from all over the world and creating amazingly beautiful things."

 With a twenty-year commitment to offering unique items produced by Moroccan artisans, Morocco is a fair-trade business honoring the needs of two cultures.  "These objects offer an opportunity to show solidarity with the world culture and participate in the world that values the beauty and uniqueness of the handmade," says Wilson.  "They will last more than a lifetime, and you can feel the spirit of the person who made them."