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  2. 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]

  3. Muslin trade in Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Muslin from "India" is mentioned in the book Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, authored by an anonymous Egyptian merchant around 2,000 years ago, it was appreciated by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and the fabled fabric was the pinnacle of European fashion in the 18th and 19th century. Production ceased sometime in the late 19th century, as the ...

  4. Majdalawi weaving - Wikipedia

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    The fabric was often sold in eight-metre pieces, the amount needed to create a single thobe; it took weavers one or two months to weave each piece. [3] The three major fabrics produced were "malak" , 'ikhdari' (bands of red and green) and 'jiljileh' (dark red bands). These were used for festival dresses throughout Southern Palestine.

  5. Textile arts of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    A woman wearing a silver-embroidered muslin. The fine, transparent mulmul known as muslin in Europe manufactured by the weavers of Bengal was established as a commercial product almost 2000 years ago. Gangetic muslin is referred to by Greek and Roman writers. It is known from their writing that it was the most favored among the luxury goods ...

  6. Jamdani - Wikipedia

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    Jamdani is a hand loom woven fabric made of cotton, which was historically referred to as muslin. The Jamdani weaving tradition is of Bengali origin. It is one of the most time and labor-intensive forms of hand loom weaving, and is considered one of the finest varieties of muslin, [6] and the most artistic textile of Bangladeshi weavers.

  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". [1]

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