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Jaipur Living / Jaipur Rugs

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Made by: Nand Kishore (N. K.) Chaudhary
Date: founded 1978 (Rajasthan)
Place: Atlanta, Georgia (US); Jaipur, India
Held by: Jaipur Living / Jaipur Rugs
Themes: Companies & modern tufting, Global diffusion of tufting

View at the source Cited in chapter 10, note 21 Cited in chapter 11, notes 42, 43

Cite this source

Nand Kishore (N. K.) Chaudhary. “Jaipur Living / Jaipur Rugs,” founded 1978 (Rajasthan). Jaipur Living / Jaipur Rugs. jaipurliving.com/the-jaipur-living-story.

Research notes

Started with 2 looms and 9 artisans; built a village artisan network of about 40,000. US headquarters in Atlanta from 1998, led by Asha Chaudhary. Core business is hand-knotted, but it also makes hand-tufted rugs (gun-tufted through a pre-woven cloth with a cotton-latex backing) and power-loomed lines. Bridges the India chapter and the US market. Dates: 1978 confirmed; 1998 Atlanta is a company claim; starting capital Rs 5,000 vs $200. Other pages with images: https://www.jaipurliving.com/the-craft · https://www.jaipurliving.com/rugs/handtufted-rugs.html · https://www.jaipurliving.com/our-founder Independent sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_Rugs · https://m.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2015/0116/A-real-magic-carpet-story-transforming-28-000-lives-with-200