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Design num: FR1217 Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Black, Grey, Ivory i FR1217	Design num: FR1217B Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Brown, Grey, Ivory i FR1217B	Design num: FR1217C Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Blue, Grey, Ivory i FR1217C
Design num: FR1217D Country: India Dom. color: Rust Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Beige, Gold, Ivory, Khaki, Red i FR1217D 2x3 Shown	Design num: FR1217E Country: India Dom. color: Khaki Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Beige, Green, Red i FR1217E 2x3 Shown	Design num: FR1217F Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Blue, Grey, Ivory i FR1217F
Design num: FR1217G Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Beige, Orange, Purple, Red i FR1217G 2x3 Shown	Design num: FR1217H Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Blue, Grey i FR1217H	Design num: FR1217J Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Pink, Purple i FR1217J
Design num: FR1217K Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory, Orange, Pink, Purple i FR1217K	Design num: FR1217S Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Beige, Ivory i FR1217S FROM THE SHIVA COLLECTION. AS FR1217 BUT WITH LOW ALTERNATING LINES OF LOOP. WOOL/BAMBOO SILK BLEND	Design num: FR9000 Country: India Dom. color: Multi Style: Contemporary Weave: Shiva Sec. colors: Multi i FR9000

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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.