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Design num:
LR5A
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Brown
Style:
Transitional, Contemporary
Sec. colors:
--
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LR5A
Design num:
LR60A
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Grey
Style:
Transitional, Contemporary
Sec. colors:
--
i
LR60A
Design num:
LRSP
Name:
Cobble Hill
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Rust
Style:
Transitional, Contemporary
Sec. colors:
--
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LRSP
Design num:
MH107G
Name:
Khotan
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
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MH107G
Design num:
MH14
Name:
Granada
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Contemporary, Transitional, Traditional
Sec. colors:
Grey
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MH14
Design num:
MH14N
Name:
Granada
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Blue
Style:
Transitional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
Beige
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MH14N
Design num:
MH151A
Name:
Ushak
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
i
MH151A
Design num:
MH151M
Name:
Ushak
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Brown
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
i
MH151M
Design num:
MH151P
Name:
Ushak
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Brown
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
i
MH151P
Design num:
MH151T
Name:
Ushak
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
i
MH151T
Design num:
MH173K
Name:
Vase
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Brown
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
i
MH173K
Design num:
MH201M
Name:
Mandarin
Country:
India
Dom. color:
Ivory
Style:
Traditional
Weave:
Mahal
Sec. colors:
--
i
MH201M
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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.