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Design num: VS10A Name: Philodendron Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Contemporary Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Khaki i VS10A Reclaimed sari silk	Design num: VS14C Name: Granada Country: India Dom. color: Orange Style: Transitional, Traditional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: -- i VS14C Handknotted using yarn spun from recycled sari silk.	Design num: VS15B Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Teal i VS15B
Design num: VS15C Country: India Dom. color: Purple Style: Contemporary Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Red i VS15C	Design num: VS173A Name: Clematis Country: India Dom. color: Green Style: Traditional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink i VS173A Handknotted with yarn spun from reclaimed sari silk	Design num: VS173D Name: Clematis Country: India Dom. color: Orange Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Green, Ivory, Pink i VS173D Handknotted using yarn spun from recycled sari silk.
Design num: VS173P Name: Clematis Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Transitional Sec. colors: Black i VS173P	Design num: VS21A Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Purple, Pink i VS21A Handknotted using yarn spun from recycled sari silk.	Design num: VS21B Name: Zagora Country: India Dom. color: Teal Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Yellow i VS21B Handknotted using yarn spun from recycled sari silk.
Design num: VS287 Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Traditional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Green, Gold, Pink i VS287 Handknotted using yarn spun from recycled sari silk.	Design num: VS2B Name: Double Happiness Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Green, Pink i VS2B Handknotted with yarn spun from reclaimed sari silk.	Design num: VS2C Name: Double Happiness Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary, Transitional Weave: Benares Sec. colors: Pink i VS2C Hand knotted with yarn spun from reclaimed sari silk.

Weave

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.