Bhadohi, India
Sunder Carpet Company is a carpet and drugget manufacturer and exporter based on Main Road, Maryadpatti, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, established in 1979 by M. L. Gupta. Output covers handtufted Persian style rugs, Indo Nepali and Moroccan designs, handloom and kazak rugs, kelim carpets and cotton dhurries. Raw wool is imported from New Zealand, Italy and Spain, and the works runs its own spinning mill, a dyeing house of eight chambers rated at 1,500 kilograms in two hours, and drying capacity of 4,500 square metres of carpet a day. Vishal Carpet Company is a sister concern. US import records list 12 shipments through February 2024, with buyers including Kalaty Rug Corporation, Marcella Fine Rugs and Shaurya Oriental Rugs.
Handtufted Persian rugs, Indo Nepali, Moroccan, handloom, Kazak, kelim, cotton dhurries
Carpets recorded in US import records as the company export from Barhi Newada at Kathiraon in Varanasi district. Buyers include Kalaty Rug Corporation and Marcella Fine Rugs.
Hand tufted rugs woven in Persian inspired patterns such as Bidjar, Heriz, Kashan, Nain and Kirman. Offered in cream, red, blue and black colourways.
Handmade flat weave dhurries woven in cotton. The pattern is produced in multiple colourways as part of the dhurrie range.
A Bidjar pattern in cream and brown, made in the firm's handtufted Persian range. Bidjar drawings are dense and all over, with no open ground.
The Heriz layout, a large angular medallion on a red ground with cream corners. Made in the handtufted Persian range.
A Kashan drawing on a cream ground, curvilinear and floral where the Heriz is angular. Woven in the same handtufted Persian range.
The Nain pattern in blue, fine and light in its palette. One of the nine collections the house publishes.
A Kirman design on a red ground. Wool for these ranges is imported from New Zealand, Italy and Spain and spun at the firm's own mill.
12 recorded shipments · latest shipment Feb 2024 · buyers include Kalaty Rug Corp, Marcella Fine Rugs, Shaurya Oriental