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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 · To achieve this high level of quality, craftspeople in villages around Dhaka followed a laborious, 16-step process. Modern researchers are trying to replicate the millennia-old weaving method...
21 kwi 2022 · In 2014, the Dhaka-based Bengal Muslin project led by Saiful Islam was founded to research, revive and support Dhaka muslin textile traditions, including jamdani weaving. Bangladesh recognised the jamdani as a locally produced fabric with the first ever GI tag for the country in 2016.
6 dni temu · Together with its river port of Narayanganj, 10 miles (16 km) to the south, Dhaka now is one of the most densely industrialized regions in the country. Traditional products include jamdani (fine-quality muslin), embroidery, silk, and jewelry.
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...
3 lut 2023 · Muslin has been around for millennia. It draped the statues of goddesses in Greece as early as the 1st century A.D. Yet, by the end of the 18th century, the coveted fabric had all but disappeared. Bangladesh is now trying to bring back the cloth that once draped gods, kings, and queens alike.
