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Design num:
GWS05A
Name:
BIDJAR
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Grey
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GWS05A
Design num:
GWS18A
Name:
TANGEIRS
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Pink, Purple
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GWS18A
Design num:
J1A
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Sec. colors:
--
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J1A
Design num:
J202
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Grey
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J202
Design num:
J211A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional
Sec. colors:
Black, Grey
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J211A
Design num:
J211B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Blue, Yellow
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J211B
Design num:
JD001
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Gold
Style:
Transitional, Contemporary
Sec. colors:
--
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JD001
Design num:
JD002
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Transitional, Contemporary
Sec. colors:
--
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JD002
Design num:
JHRCA
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Ivory, Rust
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JHRCA
Design num:
JU102B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Transitional, Traditional
Sec. colors:
Blue, Green, Red
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JU102B
Design num:
LH01A
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Traditional
Sec. colors:
--
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LH01A
Design num:
LR35A
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Rust
Style:
Transitional, Contemporary
Sec. colors:
--
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LR35A
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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.