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Design num: MHL14C Name: Granada Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal low shag Sec. colors: Grey i MHL14C	Design num: MHL14M Name: Granada Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Transitional, Traditional Weave: Mahal low shag Sec. colors: Grey i MHL14M	Design num: MHL18A Name: Benoud Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal low shag Sec. colors: Beige, Ivory i MHL18A
Design num: MHL21A Name: Zagora Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal low shag Sec. colors: -- i MHL21A	Design num: MHL21E Name: Zagora Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Transitional, Traditional Weave: Mahal low shag Sec. colors: Beige i MHL21E	Design num: MHL432A Name: Mandalay Country: India Dom. color: Teal Style: Transitional, Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MHL432A
Design num: MHL432B Name: Mandalay Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Transitional, Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MHL432B	Design num: MHL432C Name: Mandalay Country: India Dom. color: Green Style: Transitional, Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MHL432C	Design num: MHL432D Name: Mandalay Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Transitional, Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MHL432D
Design num: MHL432E Name: Mandalay Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Transitional, Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MHL432E	Design num: MR101A Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Transitional, Contemporary Sec. colors: -- i MR101A	Design num: MR101B Country: India Dom. color: Gold Style: Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MR101B

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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.