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Design num:
APH943E
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Beige, Grey
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APH943E
Design num:
APH947
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Grey
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APH947
Design num:
APH967A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Purple
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Blue, Grey
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APH967A
Design num:
APH967C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
Shiva
Sec. colors:
Grey, Ivory
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APH967C
Design num:
APH967C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Teal
Style:
Sec. colors:
Purple
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APH967C
Design num:
APH96A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Grey
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APH96A
Design num:
B440C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Orange
Style:
Contemporary
Sec. colors:
Black, Green, Ivory
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B440C
Design num:
B445A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Black
Style:
Transitional
Sec. colors:
Black, Ivory
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B445A
Design num:
BR01A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Orange
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Green, Purple
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BR01A
Design num:
BR01C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Pink
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Green, Red, Turquoise
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BR01C
Design num:
BR01D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow
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BR01D
Design num:
BR02A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Orange
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
BOHO
Sec. colors:
Green, Ivory, Pink
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BR02A
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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.