The specification
Zellige, as a specifier needs it
Formats, minimums and honest lead times.
- 01Formats2 × 2 and 4 × 4 in squares, bejmat companions, cut mosaic shapes for panels.
- 02Glazes40+ standard glazes; custom colour matched to Pantone or swatch from ~425 sq ft.
- 03MOQ & leadFrom 225 sq ft · 4–8 weeks depending on glaze and season.
- 04Where it belongsWalls, fountains, columns, pools (with the right glaze). For floors, see bejmat.
From the trade desk
The one thing to get right
Specify a 10–12% cutting-and-breakage margin on every zellige order, and approve the glaze on a physical sample in daylight — screens shift these colours badly.
Specifying zellige?
Order the sample box or send your quantities for an itemised quote.
Whatever you build, buy or specify — Morocco works for you
Six professions, one partner: workshop-direct pricing, samples before production and your own project manager on the ground in Morocco — negotiating, inspecting and reporting so you never manage a workshop from abroad.
- 48 hitemised quote
- 10 dayssample box on your desk
- 0%duty into the EU under EUR.1
- 1project manager in Fes
- 34containers shipped
Every one of these six professions can open a pro account. Architects, interior designers, contractors, importers, hotels and retailers all buy on trade terms: workshop-direct pricing, sample boxes credited in full and a named project manager in Fes.
Open your pro account →Free to open · approved in 24 h · no minimumSpec-grade material library, Pantone & RAL matching — a physical sample box on your desk, not a render on a screen.
- Up to 12 swatches picked to your scheme
- Line-by-line spec sheet, sizes in inches
- Photo approval before anything ships
Zellige layouts to your dimensions, CAD support and written tolerances — the whole schedule priced as one brief.
- Shop drawings returned in 5 working days
- Tolerances stated in inches, in writing
- Mock-up panel signed off before production
Site-phased deliveries, export crating, fumigation and papers handled — the site never waits on Morocco.
- Crates labelled and manifested by zone
- 10% overage held from the same firing batch
- Fumigation, EUR.1 and packing list included
Mixed containers across workshops, annual pricing locked per SKU — and 0% duty into the EU under EUR.1.
- One container, many workshops, one invoice
- Annual price lock per SKU from year two
- Loading photos before the doors close
Fit-outs specified room by room across every craft — one quote, one container, one contact to delivery.
- Room-by-room schedule, priced per key
- Contract-grade specs and repeat runs held
- Phased to your opening date
Private-label leather, baskets and décor from 50 units — labels and cartons applied at the bench, retail-ready.
- Your label stitched or stamped at the bench
- Barcoded cartons, retail-ready packing
- Colourways matched to your seasonal palette
Also behind these doors: landscape designers · restaurant groups · developers · event & set designers · museums & cultural institutions
Open a trade request → Talk to your project manager