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Design num: AK04A Country: India Dom. color: Black Style: Traditional Sec. colors: Blue, Green, Red i AK04A INDIGO WEAVE. TURKISH KNOT , ALL HANDSPUN ALL VEG DYED. SHOWN 3X7	Design num: AK228F Name: YARKAND Country: India Dom. color: Pink Style: Transitional, Traditional Sec. colors: Beige, Green i AK228F INDIGO WEAVE. TURKISH KNOT , ALL HANDSPUN ALL VEG DYED, 4X7 SHOWN.	Design num: AK601A Name: SCANDANAVIA Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary, Transitional Sec. colors: Black, Brown, Green i AK601A INDIGO WEAVE. TURKISH KNOT , ALL HANDSPUN ALL VEG DYED. SHOWN 3X5
Design num: AP119 Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Transitional Sec. colors: Grey i AP119	Design num: AP127 Name: AP127 AP 127 Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Transitional Sec. colors: Grey i AP127	Design num: AP151A Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Transitional Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory i AP151A
Design num: APH22A Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: -- i APH22A SHIVA COLLECTION RUG KNOTTED IN A BLEND OF WOOL AND BAMBOO SILK. DESIGN DERIVED FROM TIE DYE TURBIN DESIGN OF GUJARAT.	Design num: APH22C Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Transitional Sec. colors: Grey i APH22C	Design num: APH714 Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Black, Ivory i APH714 FROM THE SHIVA COLLECTION. SHOWN 9X12. WOOL/BABMBOO SILK BLEND
Design num: APH714C Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Grey, Purple, Teal i APH714C FROM THE SHIVA COLLECTION, SHOWN 8X10, WOOL/BAMBOO SILK BLEND.	Design num: APH718 Country: India Dom. color: Pink Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Ivory i APH718 FROM THE SHIVA COLLECTION. SHOWN 8X10. WOOL/BAMBOO SILK BLEND.	Design num: APH718C Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Blue, Grey i APH718C 8x10 shown, bamboo silk

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M&K Rugs from India

Frank Michaelian, grandfather of the current owner of M&K Rugs, started making carpets in India in the 1950s, and we at M&K have been involved with carpet weaving there ever since. The art of rug weaving was brought to India in the 17th century by the Moghuls who migrated from an area of what is now Afghanistan. Carpets back then were reserved exclusively for royalty and it was not until the British colonized India in the 18th Century that carpets were made commercially for export. Unfortunately, by the 1970s, carpet weaving had become so commercialized and the rugs had so little personality that the industry was nearly dead.
In the early 1980s Teddy Sumner created a project in India whereby traditional carpet materials and techniques were re-established. The partnership was called Black Mountain Looms and the carpets, which are still made today, are called Mahindras. It is ironic that in the land of Ghandi Black Mountain Looms had to bring craftspeople from the USA to teach the Indians how to hand-spin wool. The methods and materials brought back to India began a renaissance in the Indian rug industry, which today is flourishing.