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Design num: W320C Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Red, Blue i W320C	Design num: W327 Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Gold i W327	Design num: W330 Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Brown i W330
Design num: W348B Country: India Dom. color: Yellow Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Red, Green, Blue i W348B	Design num: W350 Country: India Dom. color: Gold Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Red, Teal i W350	Design num: W353 Country: India Dom. color: Teal Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Gold, Black i W353
Design num: W358 Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Brown i W358	Design num: W359 Country: India Dom. color: Gold Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Teal i W359	Design num: W360 Country: India Dom. color: Brown Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Red, Beige i W360
Design num: W365 Country: India Dom. color: Gold Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Red, Blue i W365	Design num: W366 Country: India Dom. color: Yellow Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Red, Black i W366	Design num: W369 Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Traditional Weave: Nilam Sec. colors: Teal, Beige i W369

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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.