Garment & Textile · Fabric

Muslin — Dhaka

Historic ultra-fine sheer cotton handwoven in Bengal — 'woven air'.

Origin

Sonargaon, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Era

Mughal (pre-1800)

Also known as

Malmal Shahi

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Industrialist View

Nearly extinct; revived by Dhaka Muslin House with phuti karpas cotton. Legendary 1200+ thread count pre-colonial.

Hand-stitch with needle 9/60; never machine. Use as gold-thread embroidery ground (Jamdani).

East India Company destroyed the trade; Bangladesh has reintroduced.