‘The goddess Laxmi is wearing a garment so thin and fine … it shows her limbs … as if she is coming out of it’,
– Banabhatta, Indian poet in the court of King HarshaVardhana, 7th-century.
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Weavers whose ancestors produced muslin, hard at work on jamdani
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Bright blue jamdani woven in Rupganj, Dhaka, the last surviving form of the ancient muslin
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Purple motiffed jamdani woven in Rupganj, Dhaka, the last surviving form of the ancient muslin
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Weavers in Rupganj, Dhaka, whose ancestors produced muslin, hard at work on jamdani
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Closeup of 'Turkish muslin' which is nothing more than machine milled fine cotton being sold in the souks of Istanbul
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'Turkish muslin' nothing more than machine milled fine cotton being sold in the souks of Istanbul
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High count, plain cotton sold as 'muslin' in India is taken through a ring to show off its fineness to customers
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Lack of skill to weave complex motifs make this 'Indian muslin' look plain and unglamorous
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Holding the 400 count thread of Indian cotton used for producing what they call as 'muslin'
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West Bengal, India and their muslin project
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Fine machine woven cotton cloth, one of many, produced by China using their local cotton and branded as 'muslin'
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Fine machine woven cotton cloth, one of many, produced by Nepal using imported cotton and branded as 'muslin'
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Inside of Club Muslin shop in Kolkata, India displaying various items of textile
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Inside of Club Muslin shop in Kolkata, India
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High count, plain cotton sold as 'muslin' in India is taken through a ring to show off its fineness
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'Muslin' sari made in India, being passed through a ring
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Different counts of yarn with different types of cloth hangs inside the Club Muslin shop in Kolkata, India
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West Bengal Government established emporium to showcase the 'Indian muslin' shows their level of investment
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High count fine cotton being produced at the weaving centres in Murshidabad, India
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Amabar charka, the main instrument for producing high count cotton yarn in India
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Displays of cotton and the high count yarn hand milled on the Ambar charka in India
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High count Indian hand milled yarn drying at the weavers's house
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Weavers across the border, from India and Bangladesh speak about their craft over the loom
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High count yarn being woven on the loom in Murshidabad, using Indian cotton, sold as 'Indian muslin'
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Simple motifs on locally produced fine cotton cloth sold as 'muslin' in India
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Ancient motifs being woven on fine cotton cloth as an experiment in reproducing muslin
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Handlooms used for weaving 'Indian muslin' in a weavers centre in Murshidabad, India
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Weaving 'plain muslin using Indian cotton' on the looms of West Bengal
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West Bengal Government, India has declared a large project to reintroduce muslin