2021年3月17日 · In late 18th-Century Europe, a new fashion led to an international scandal. In fact, an entire social class was accused of appearing in public naked. The culprit was Dhaka muslin, a precious fabric...

2020年1月12日 · The preeminence of Bengali cloth production was noted by Roman writers as early as the first century, a tendency which lent muslin it most poetic and alluring name: baft hawa, literally: woven air. “Court Lady Pouring Wine” attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi 18th century // Cleveland Museum of Art via Creative Commons

2024年10月16日 · Nicknamed “baft-hawa” which means “woven air” – travellers recorded that it was so fluid that one could pull 91m through the centre of a ring. Another said that 18m of Muslin could be fit into a pocket snuff box. The fabric was weaved with thread so delicate that it was often invisible to older people.

2021年6月20日 · One such name of the finest Dhaka Muslin was baft-hawa. It means “woven air”! The high-end muslins were considered soft and light as the wind. There were instances recorded by travelers, who said that this fluid fabric could be pulled through the center of a ring.

2019年3月12日 · The garments of Mughal ladies were made of the finest muslins, silks, velvets and brocades. The muslins used for their clothes were of three types: Ab-e-Rawan (running water), Baft Hawa (woven air) and Shabnam (evening dew). Muslins called Shabnam were brought from Dacca and were famous as Dhaka malmal.

2024年11月21日 · Thus, the fabric earned the name ‘Baft Hawa’, which translates to ‘Woven Air’. The lightness of Dhaka Muslin made it a prized fabric among royalty around the world, including the Mughal emperors, Greek and French monarchs like Marie Antoinette and Joséphine Bonaparte, and even famed writer Jane Austen.

The cloth was practically such a delicate, thin, and transparent masterpiece it would be called “Baft Hawa” or “Woven Air”. As the name suggests, it felt as if the air was woven instead of threads in a cloth. It was the most valuable fabric in the entire world just two centuries ago, famously known as the Dhaka Muslin.

Baft hawa means woven air. Ab i rawan is translated as flowing water. Muslin has many types. It differs in weight, density, quality of threads, number of layers, and composition. The highest quality and most expensive muslin is made from uniform threads that have the same thickness along the entire length.

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The lesser fabrics were ‘Khassa’ or special, ‘Baft Hawa’ or woven air ‘Nyansook’ or soothing to the eyes and ‘Nilambari’ or blue skies. Other imaginative names were vapor, mist, nebula and woven winds. The romantic names conjure images of …