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Design num: MH425E Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Transitional, Contemporary Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: -- i MH425E Handspun wool in a single wefted construction. This weave is great in translating tribal, simple or eclectic designs.	Design num: MH426D Country: India Dom. color: Green Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: Ivory, Beige i MH426D	Design num: MH427 Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: Gold, Rust, Brown i MH427 Handspun wool in a single wefted construction. This weave is great in translating tribal, simple or eclectic designs.
Design num: MH428 Country: India Dom. color: Khaki Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: Brown i MH428 Handspun wool in a single wefted construction. This weave is great in translating tribal, simple or eclectic designs.	Design num: MH429A Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: -- i MH429A Handspun wool in a single wefted construction. This weave is great in translating tribal, simple or eclectic designs.	Design num: MH429B Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: -- i MH429B Handspun wool in a single wefted construction. This weave is great in translating tribal, simple or eclectic designs.
Design num: MH42D Country: India Dom. color: Ivory Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: Blue i MH42D	Design num: MH42E Country: India Dom. color: Blue Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: Blue, Ivory i MH42E	Design num: MH430 Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: -- i MH430 Handspun wool in a single wefted construction. This weave is great in translating tribal, simple or eclectic designs.
Design num: MH433 Name: Medallion Khotan Country: India Dom. color: Gold Style: Traditional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: -- i MH433	Design num: MH434A Name: Floral Khotan Country: India Dom. color: Pink Style: Traditional, Transitional Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: -- i MH434A	Design num: MH435A Country: India Dom. color: Turquoise Style: Contemporary Weave: Mahal Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory i MH435A

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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.