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2. Calico - Wikipedia

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   Calico – cotton fabric with a small, all-over floral print [15] Muslin – UK: muslin gauze – simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric; Muslin gauze – the very lightest, most open weave of muslin

3. Muslin - Wikipedia

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   Woman's white muslin dress with tiered flounces, Europe, c. 1855. Muslin (/ ˈ m ʌ z l ɪ n /) is a cotton fabric of plain weave. [1] It is made in a wide range of weights from delicate sheers to coarse sheeting. [2] It is commonly believed that it gets its name from the city of Mosul, Iraq. [3] [4] [5]

4. Muslin trade in Bengal - Wikipedia

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   A woman wearing fine Bengali muslin, c. 1789, by Francesco Renaldi. Muslin saree passing through a ring Shawl made of Muslin in the 18th century, woven in Sonargaon, Dhaka. Muslin, a Phuti carpus cotton fabric of plain weave, was historically hand woven in the areas of Dhaka and Sonargaon in Bangladesh and exported for many centuries. [1]

5. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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   King Cotton in Modern America: A Cultural, Political, and Economic History since 1945 (2010) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2015) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles, 1500–1850 (2013) Yafa, Stephen (2006). Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary ...

6. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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7. Nainsook - Wikipedia

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   Nainsook is a soft, fine, lightweight form of muslin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Muslin encompasses a broad range of fabrics of varying weight and fineness, but is always a plain weave , cotton fabric. The word 'nainsook' is first documented in 1790, and derives from the Hindi word nainsukh , which literally means "eye's delight".