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Design num: VF414BZ Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Mogul Sec. colors: Green, Blue, Ivory i VF414BZ	Design num: Vf414Z Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Sec. colors: -- i Vf414Z	Design num: VF418 Country: India Dom. color: Green Style: Transitional Weave: Finemahindra Sec. colors: Beige, Black i VF418
Design num: VF421 Name: Constantinople Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Traditional Weave: Finemahindra Sec. colors: Pink, Green, Khaki i VF421	Design num: VF9Z Country: India Dom. color: Orange Style: Traditional Weave: Finemahindra Sec. colors: Red, Khaki, Black i VF9Z	Design num: VFOLK Name: DASARA CELEBRATION Country: India Dom. color: Multi Style: Traditional Weave: Mahindra Sec. colors: -- i VFOLK SHOWN HERE AS 6X10 ( DASARA CELEBRATION)
Design num: VFOR1 Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Finemahindra Sec. colors: Black i VFOR1	Design num: VM3A Name: MAMLUK Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Mahindra Sec. colors: Blue, Gold, Green i VM3A MAMLUK, 5X6-7 ALL VEG DYES AND HANDSPUN WOOL. MAHINDRA.	Design num: VM48A Name: MAMLUK Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Mahindra Sec. colors: Beige, Black, Blue, Gold, Green i VM48A ALL VEGETABLE DYES, HANDSPUN WOOL, MAHINDRA, SHOWN 3X4
Design num: VM91A Name: MAMLUK Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Mahindra Sec. colors: Black, Blue, Green, Khaki i VM91A ALL VEGETABLE DYES, HANDSPUN WOOL, MAHINDRA, SHOWN 6X9	Design num: VM98A Name: MAMLUK Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Mahindra Sec. colors: Gold, Green i VM98A MAMLUK, 3X12. ALL VEG DYES AND HANDSPUN WOOL. MAHINDRA.	Design num: VS1 Name: Qing Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Orange, Pink i VS1 Handknotted with yarn spun from reclaimed sari silk.

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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.