Princess and queens asking their beloved for fabric so fine that it would pass through their rings may be part of lore but the soft, light and almost transparent muslin, a handwoven fabric whose worth ...

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? In late 18th-Century Europe, a new fashion ...

History is dotted with examples of the fame and glory of Muslin. Today, one may argue that it is merely a fancy for the past as the cotton-plant, from which the yarn was produced, is extinct. But it ...

The lost muslin yarn technology used to churn out exceedingly delicate fabrics much coveted in the 17th and 18th centuries the world over has been recovered by an expert team of the government. In the ...

In an irony of the sort that makes us laugh wryly, the British destroyed the muslin trade in Bengal, leaving nothing for the next generation of weavers to resuscitate. Yet, when it comes to its ...