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Design num:
FR91A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Blue
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FR91A
Design num:
FR91B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Grey
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FR91B
Design num:
FR91C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Beige
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Ivory
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FR91C
Design num:
FU1D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Red
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Orange
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FU1D
Design num:
FU1E
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Beige
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FU1E
Design num:
G01A
Name:
Jazz
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Purple
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Blue, Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Teal
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G01A
Design num:
G02a
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Turquoise
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Red, Yellow
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G02a
Design num:
G02B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Orange, Purple, Red
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G02B
Design num:
G02C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Yellow
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Green, Purple, Red
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G02C
Design num:
G02D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Pink
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Blue, Green, Red
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G02D
Design num:
GC1315
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Turquoise
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Black, Gold, Grey
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GC1315
Design num:
GWS04A
Name:
CLOUDS
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Green, Teal, Turquoise
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GWS04A
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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.