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Design num:
MH435B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Purple
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
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MH435B
Design num:
MH435C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Blue, Yellow, Ivory
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MH435C
Design num:
MH436A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Multi
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Multi
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MH436A
Design num:
MH436B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Multi
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Multi
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MH436B
Design num:
MH436C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Multi
Style:
Contemporary
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Multi
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MH436C
Design num:
MH436D
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Orange, Teal, Beige, Black, Pink
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MH436D
Design num:
MH44B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Ivory, Grey
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MH44B
Design num:
MH44B
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Beige, Blue, Grey, Ivory
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MH44B
Design num:
MH44C
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Green, Ivory, Beige
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MH44C
Design num:
MH44G
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional, Traditional
Sec. colors:
Beige, Black
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MH44G
Design num:
MHF1A
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Grey, Green
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MHF1A
Design num:
MHL14B
Name:
Granada
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal low shag
Sec. colors:
Blue
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MHL14B
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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.