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The culprit was Dhaka muslin, a precious fabric imported from the city of the same name in what is now Bangladesh, then in Bengal. It was not like the muslin of today. Made via an...
25 mar 2021 · Modern researchers are trying to replicate the millennia-old weaving method used to create Dhaka muslin fabric. Md. Aktar Hossain Ratan via Flickr under CC BY 2.0. The secrets of the fabric...
9 mar 2022 · In the two centuries since the muslin trade collapsed, Bangladesh has again become a world textile hub, albeit with an industry no longer catering to royalty or other international elites.
15 wrz 2022 · Centuries on, researchers in Bangladesh have resurrected the forgotten enigmatic fabric after six years of effort – this time, not in Dhaka but in Comilla. Once an attire of kings and queens, muslin is a light cotton fabric of plain weave.
11 sty 2021 · Bangladesh has applied for Geographical Indication (GI) of muslin, a designation that would protect it as a unique product of the country. This follows several efforts over the past decade to revive the original handwoven muslin products.
4 mar 2022 · Cotton plants at the Bangladesh Cotton Development Farm, where Phuti Carpus cotton is grown to produce Dhaka muslin, in Gazipur AFP. The muslin trade at one time helped turn the Ganges delta and what is now Bangladesh into one of the most prosperous parts of the world, historians say.
4 mar 2022 · In the two centuries since the muslin trade collapsed, Bangladesh has again become a world textile hub, albeit with an industry no longer catering to royalty or other international elites.
