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 ...

Derived from the name of the Indian port town Machilipatnam which was more commonly known as Maisolos in the ancient times, muslin is a cotton fabric of plain weave. Hand-woven from an uncommon and ...

Kaihāpai taonga/collections and curatorial lead Trish Nugent-Lyne and kaiāwhina/collections assistant Kathy Greensides preparing the dress in the museum’s textile workroom. Photo / Karen Hughes ...

Featuring in the Whanganui Regional Museum October Outfit of the Month is a printed muslin dress that embodies the fashion trends of the 1830s - between the reign of King William IV and the start of ...

Deep inside the museum archives, Tori Pyle peels away layer after layer of tissue paper until she reveals a pile of black fabric covered in glinting jet beads. She and Damayanthie Eluwawalage ...

Dhaka muslin, on the other hand, had thread counts in the range of 800-1200 – an order of magnitude above any other cotton fabric that exists today. Though Dhaka muslin vanished more than a century ...

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 ...