Carpet weaving as an art was introduced in India during the Mughal period. Almost 500 years later, handmade carpet-weaving has become a much more obscure craft, performed by a small community of artisans scattered across some belts in India – their knowledge a legacy of the generations past. Traditionally, Mughal carpets were based on designs originally from Persia (now called Iran) and till today, they still retain some of the same artistic flair, signatures, names and genres of that period. India, by the virtue of its historical heritage, has always been a rich amalgamation of various cultures - embracing people of many races, some of whom invaded to plunder, but stayed on to make India their home. The Pathans of Ghazni (Now Afghanistan) and the Mughals from Uzbekistan (Samarkand) are typical examples of races that settled in India and ruled a great part of erstwhile-undivided India. Today, India has become a source of lively architecture/ cultural designs, owing to the confluence of religions and cultures. Maajhdia International Maajhdia International was formed in 1997, as a boutique manufacturer of exclusively designed, high quality natural/vegetable dyed, hand knotted Indian carpets. The vision of the company was and still is to give a new fillip to the idea that Indian carpets have their own distinctive signatures, showcase this aspect of Indian culture to the rest of the world a be a part of the global effort to revitalize the intricate yet dying art of carpet weaving. Maajhdia International is one of the most unique boutique carpets in the universe of carpet-shops given our unique offerings: 100% Natural / Vegetable Dyed Carpets that are eco-friendly 100% Hand-knotted Carpets with qualities ranging from 8/40 to 16/80 Use of high quality, lustrous, handspun wool A design catalogue that is updated twice a year in Spring & an in-house design team to reflect carpet trends and to explore new facets of what we call “design-by-culture” Collection of both traditional carpets and modern contemporaries with the signature Maajhdia touch! Maajhdia International designs are influenced from the vast repertoire of Indian art and architecture and are hand woven using hand spun wool dyed with eco- friendly vegetable colours to create exclusive and unique pieces of art. No two carpets are ever the same - even if the design or colours might be similar – thereby making each and every carpet produced at Maajhdia an exclusive item comparable in rarity, style and sophistication to a bespoke suit at Seville Row, England. The carpets speak not just for Maajhdia, but also their owners-to-be. About the Founder Debashis Mukherjee, the founder of Maajhdia has been a part of the carpet industry for the last 34 years starting his career with E.Hill & Co. Ltd. erstwhile an OCM (London) group of companies, till 1989. Thereafter, he moved on to in PETAG (H.JACOBY) Frankfurt, Germany till he started Maajhdia in 1997. Having worked under the tutelage of the (late) Geoffrey Seager, (late) Brian Huffner, Heiner Jacoby and Walter Pharo, Debashis, has a deep insight into the art of carpet making, its designing and visualization according to market placement of carpets, and the entire process that entails starting with some yarn and ends with a masterpiece. The ‘artistic science’ now occurs naturally to him with years of exhaustive exposure in all counties that import carpets to. His designs with superb, trendy and classical colour trends and workmanship has been continuously supplied to several international carpet majors in Europe and North America and retailed under their brand names at several high streets. The company has been doing same kind of business from last 14 years.
