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Design num: MR101C Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Traditional Sec. colors: -- i MR101C	Design num: MR102A Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Traditional, Transitional Sec. colors: -- i MR102A	Design num: OM1A Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory i OM1A
Design num: OM1AS Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Blue, Grey i OM1AS	Design num: OM1B Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory i OM1B	Design num: OM1E Country: India Dom. color: Purple Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Gold, Orange, Red i OM1E BAMBOO SILK, HAND KNOTTED.
Design num: OM2 Country: India Dom. color: Purple Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Grey i OM2	Design num: OM5A Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Beige, Blue, Ivory i OM5A HAND KNOTTED BAMBOO SILK FROM INDIA, AVAILABLE IN ALL WOOL AT SAME PRICE . ALTERNATING ROWS OF LOW LOOP AND HIGHER CUT PILE.	Design num: OM6A Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Beige, Blue, Grey, Ivory i OM6A
Design num: OM7A Country: India Dom. color: Teal Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Black, Blue, Rust, Teal i OM7A HAND KNOTTED TIBETAN WEAVE IN INDIA USING BAMBOO SILK. SHOWN IS A 8X10.	Design num: OM8B Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Green, Grey i OM8B BAMBOO SILK, TIBETAN KNOTTED , BUT AVAILABLE IN ALL WOOL AT THE SAME LOW PRICE..	Design num: OMC02 Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory i OMC02 INDO TIBETAN WEAVE. . 9X12

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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.