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Design num:
BR435G
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Turquoise
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Blue, Ivory, Turquoise
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BR435G
Design num:
BR438A
Country:
India
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Blue, Green, Ivory, Purple, Red, Turquoise, Yellow
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BR438A
Design num:
BR440C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Orange
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Blue, Ivory, Yellow
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BR440C
Design num:
BR441B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red
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BR441B
Design num:
BR441C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Red
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BR441C
Design num:
BR441D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Brown
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Orange, Pink, Red
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BR441D
Design num:
BR442A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Transitional
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Black, Brown, Gold, Orange
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BR442A
Design num:
BR442C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Yellow
Style:
Transitional
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Grey, Turquoise, Yellow
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BR442C
Design num:
BR443A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Black, Blue, Grey
i
BR443A
Design num:
BR444A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Black, Red
i
BR444A
Design num:
BR445
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Black
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Grey, Ivory
i
BR445
Design num:
BR4D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Ivory
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BR4D
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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.