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Design num: OMC03 Country: India Dom. color: Green Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Blue, Grey i OMC03 HAND KNOTTED TIBETAN WEAVE RUG USING BAMBOO SILK. CAN BE MADE WTH ALL WOOL FOR SAME PRICE. SHOWN IS A 9X12.	Design num: OMC04 Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory, Purple i OMC04 HAND KNOTTED TIBETAN WEAVE FROM INDIA USING 90% WOOL WITH 10% BAMBOO SILK ACCENTS.	Design num: OMC05 Country: India Dom. color: Pink Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Grey, Pink, Purple, Red i OMC05 Tibetan knotted, bamboo silk
Design num: OW02 Country: India Dom. color: Red Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Pink i OW02 ALL WOOL, INDOTIBETAN WEAVE. SHOWN 5X7.	Design num: OW03 Country: India Dom. color: Turquoise Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Blue, Green i OW03 INDO TIBETAN WEAVE. ALL WOOL. SHOWN 5X7.	Design num: OW04 Country: India Dom. color: Beige Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Beige, Grey i OW04 INDO TIBETAN WEAVE. ALL WOOL. SHOWN 5X7.
Design num: OW07L Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Black, Ivory i OW07L INDO TIBETAN WEAVE. 70% WOOL. SHOWN 5X7.	Design num: OW08 Country: India Dom. color: Purple Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Orange i OW08 ALL WOOL HAND KNOTTED TIBETAN WEAVE. VISHNU COLLECTION.	Design num: OW08 Country: India Dom. color: Pink Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Beige, Orange, Purple i OW08 INDO TIBETAN WEAVE. ALL WOOL. SHOWN 5X7.
Design num: OW3B Country: India Dom. color: Turquoise Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Grey, Ivory i OW3B ALL WOOL TIBETAN WEAVE RUG FROM INDIA FROM THE VISHNU COLLECTION SHOWN IN THE PHOTO SIZE 5X7.	Design num: OW6A Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Blue i OW6A ALL WOOL, TIBETAN WEAVE FROM INDIA. VISHNU COLLECTION.	Design num: OW6BL Country: India Dom. color: Grey Style: Contemporary Sec. colors: Black, Ivory i OW6BL SHOWN 9X12, 70% WOOL, INDO TIBETAN WEAVE.

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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.