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Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we bring it back?
25 mar 2021 · Dhaka muslin was immensely popular for millennia, but the secrets of its creation faded from memory by the early 20th century. Livia Gershon. Daily Correspondent. March 25, 2021. A 300-thread...
The muslin produced at Sonargaon and its surrounding areas was of excellent quality, which is popularly known as Dhaka Muslin. The muslin produced in Shantipur came to be known as Shantipuri Muslin, which was recognized by the East India Company.
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.
20 kwi 2021 · Described in texts thousands of years old, Dhaka muslin is an ultra fine, ultra soft fabric made from a potentially extinct species of sorry-looking cotton that grows along the banks of the...
9 sie 2022 · Dhaka muslin was known as the world’s finest fabric for centuries. Yet by the 18th century, British colonisation had obliterated the artisanal craft behind this delicate material. This team took it upon themselves to bring this ancient, lost practice back to life in Bangladesh.
26 mar 2022 · The Dhaka muslin was the ultra fine cotton fabric of the emperors, worn not only by the Mughals but also flaunted by the French queen Marie Antoinette. Some called it ‘woven air’, while others described it as the “skin of the moon”.
