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Design num:
VF23
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Beige
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VF23
Design num:
VF237
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Gold, Black
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VF237
Design num:
VF238
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Traditional
Sec. colors:
--
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VF238
Design num:
VF238
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Black
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Red, Gold
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VF238
Design num:
VF24
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Teal
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Gold
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VF24
Design num:
VF240
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Green, Gold
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VF240
Design num:
VF242
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Brown
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Red, Black
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VF242
Design num:
VF25A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Pink
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Green, Black
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VF25A
Design num:
VF25C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Beige
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Green, Orange, Rust, Black
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VF25C
Design num:
VF25D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Green, Beige, Black
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VF25D
Design num:
VF295
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Black
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Gold
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VF295
Design num:
VF295B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Beige
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Finemahindra
Sec. colors:
Red, Green, Gold
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VF295B
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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.