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Design num: OW6C Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Green, Grey i OW6C ALL WOOL, HAND KNOTTED TIBETAN WEAVE VISHNU COLLECTION.	Design num: OW6D Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Black, Purple i OW6D ALL WOOL, INDOTIBETAN WEAVE. SHOWN 2X3	Design num: OW6D Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: -- i OW6D ALL WOOL, VISHNU WEAVE FROM INDIA.. SHOWN IS 8X10
Design num: OW6E Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Green, Grey i OW6E ALL WOOL, HAND KNOTTED TIBETAN WEAVE FROM INDIA. VISHNU COLLECTION. SHOWN 5X7.	Design num: OW6F Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Brown, Grey, Ivory i OW6F ALL WOOL, INDOTIBETAN WEAVE. SHOWN 2X3	Design num: OW6F Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Black i OW6F HAND KNOTTED ALL WOOL TIBETAN WEAVE. VISHNU COLLECTION.
Design num: PB176A Name: GRASS Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: -- i PB176A 10X10 PER INCH HAND KNOTTED... A LESS EXPENSIVE VERSION OF OUR MAHINDRA GRASS... SHOWN 3X4 FT DETAIL..	Design num: PC282A Name: CLOUDS Country: India Dom. color: Turquoise Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Grey, Turquoise i PC282A CLOUDS DESIGN, ALL WOOL HAND KNOTTED FIELD, SARI SILK DESIGN- SHOWN 9X12	Design num: PC282b Name: CLOUDS Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Teal i PC282b ALL WOOL FIELD, SARI SILK DESIGN. SHOWN 5X7 DESIGN.
Design num: PC282C Name: CLOUDS Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Pink, Purple i PC282C ALL WOOL FIELD, SARI SILK DESIGN. SHOWN 5X7 DESIGN.	Design num: PC282D Name: CLOUDS Country: India Dom. color: Brown Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Purple i PC282D ALL WOOL FIELD, SARI SILK DESIGN. SHOWN 5X7 DESIGN.	Design num: PC282E Name: CLOUDS Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Yellow i PC282E ALL WOOL FIELD, SARI SILK DESIGN. SHOWN 5X7 DESIGN.

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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.